Spatial Factors Play a Major Role as Determinants of Endemic Ground Beetle Beta Diversity of Madeira Island Laurisilva

Mário Boieiro; José C. Carvalho; Pedro Cardoso; Carlos A. S. Aguiar; Carla Rego; Israel de Faria e Silva; Isabel R. Amorim; Fernando Pereira; Eduardo B. Azevedo; Paulo A. V. Borges; Artur R. M. Serrano

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064591

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Spatial Factors Play a Major Role as Determinants of Endemic Ground Beetle Beta Diversity of Madeira Island Laurisilva

Mário Boieiro ,

* E-mail: mboieiro@fc.ul.pt

Affiliation Centro de Biologia Ambiental and Portuguese Platform for Enhancing Ecological Research & Sustainability, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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José C. Carvalho,

Affiliation Azorean Biodiversity Group and Portuguese Platform for Enhancing Ecological Research & Sustainability, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade dos Açores, Angra do Heroísmo, Açores, Portugal
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Pedro Cardoso,

Affiliations Azorean Biodiversity Group and Portuguese Platform for Enhancing Ecological Research & Sustainability, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade dos Açores, Angra do Heroísmo, Açores, Portugal, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Carlos A. S. Aguiar,

Affiliation Centro de Biologia Ambiental and Portuguese Platform for Enhancing Ecological Research & Sustainability, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Carla Rego,

Affiliation Azorean Biodiversity Group and Portuguese Platform for Enhancing Ecological Research & Sustainability, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade dos Açores, Angra do Heroísmo, Açores, Portugal
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Israel de Faria e Silva,

Affiliation Centro de Biologia Ambiental and Portuguese Platform for Enhancing Ecological Research & Sustainability, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Isabel R. Amorim,

Affiliation Azorean Biodiversity Group and Portuguese Platform for Enhancing Ecological Research & Sustainability, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade dos Açores, Angra do Heroísmo, Açores, Portugal
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Fernando Pereira,

Affiliation Azorean Biodiversity Group and Portuguese Platform for Enhancing Ecological Research & Sustainability, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade dos Açores, Angra do Heroísmo, Açores, Portugal
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Eduardo B. Azevedo,

Affiliation Centro de Estudos do Clima, Meteorologia e Mudanças Globais, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade dos Açores, Angra do Heroísmo, Açores, Portugal
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Paulo A. V. Borges,

Affiliation Azorean Biodiversity Group and Portuguese Platform for Enhancing Ecological Research & Sustainability, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade dos Açores, Angra do Heroísmo, Açores, Portugal
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Artur R. M. Serrano

Affiliation Centro de Biologia Ambiental and Portuguese Platform for Enhancing Ecological Research & Sustainability, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Spatial Factors Play a Major Role as Determinants of Endemic Ground Beetle Beta Diversity of Madeira Island Laurisilva

Mário Boieiro,
José C. Carvalho,
Pedro Cardoso,
Carlos A. S. Aguiar,
Carla Rego,
Israel de Faria e Silva,
Isabel R. Amorim,
Fernando Pereira,
Eduardo B. Azevedo,
Paulo A. V. Borges

Published: May 27, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064591

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