Invasibility and species richness of island endemic arthropods: a general model...

• Author(s): Borges, Paulo A. V. ; Lobo, Jorge M. ; Azevedo, Eduardo B. ; Gaspar, Clara ; Melo, Catarina ; Nunes, Luis V.
• Date: 2006
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/1402
• Origin: Repositório da Universidade dos Açores
• Subject(s): Arthropods; Azores; Distribution; Endemic Species; Environmental Variables; Introduced Species; Species Richness
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Copyright © 2005 Blackwell Publishing. This paper has two objectives. First, we examine how a variety of biotic, abiotic and anthropogenic factors influence the endemic and introduced arthropod richness on an oceanic island. Second, we look at the relationship between the endemic and introduced arthropod richness, to ask whether areas with high levels of endemic species richness deter invasions.