High spatial turnover in springtails of the Cape Floristic Region

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High spatial turnover in springtails of the Cape Floristic Region

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University of Otago

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Otago University Research Archive

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Aim The extraordinary diversity of plants across the Cape Floristic Region is characterized by considerable species turnover among sites. Phytophagous insects show similarly high turnover, but their patterns are closely coupled to those of their hosts. If the mechanisms underlying high plant turnover are not unique to plants, similar patterns of turnover should also be seen in non-herbivorous arthropod groups. We tested this hypothesis using new data for the Collembola fauna of the Fynbos bio...

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Article

Date created

2020-05

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Janion-Scheepers, Charlene / Bengtsson, Jan / Duffy, Grant A. / Deharveng, Louis / Leinaas, Hans Petter / Chown, Steven L. / Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/27553

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Ecology / Environmental Sciences & Ecology / Geography, Physical / Life Sciences & Biomedicine / Physical Geography / Physical Sciences / Science & Technology

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