Arthropod assemblage homogenization in oceanic islands: The role of indigenous and exotic species under landscape disturbance

Florencio, Margarita; Cardoso, Pedro; Lobo, Jorge M.; Azevedo, Eduardo B.; Borges, Paulo A. V.

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Human landscape disturbance can drive the degradation of natural environments, thereby contributing to indigenous (endemic and native nonendemic) species extinctions, facilitating the establishment of exotic species and ultimately resulting in more similar species compositions over time and space. We assessed whether similarities in epigean arthropod assemblages differ between indigenous and exotic species in an oceanic archipelago, and we also examined whether such assemblage similarities depend on the most dominant species, the island, the type of habitat, the degree of landscape disturbance or local environmental variables.

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Anthropogenic Disturbance Assemblage Similarity Biological Invasions Epigean Arthropods Land Use

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Florencio, M.; Cardoso, P.; Lobo, J.M.; de Azevedo, E.B.; Borges, P.A.V. (2013). "Arthropod assemblage homogenization in oceanic islands: The role of indigenous and exotic species under landscape disturbance", «Diversity and Distributions», 19(11): 1450-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12121.