Water beetle biodiversity in Mediterranean standing waters: assemblage composition, environmental drivers and nestedness patterns

Pond Conservation in Europe || Patterns

Pond Conservation in Europe || Patterns of composition and species richness of crustaceans and aquatic insects along environmental gradients in Mediterranean water bodies

✍ Oertli, Beat; Céréghino, Régis; Biggs, Jeremy; Declerck, Steven; Hull, Andrew; M 📂 Article 📅 2007 🏛 Springer Netherlands 🌐 English ⚖ 482 KB

Ponds are an exceptional freshwater resource around the world and represent thirty percent of the global surface area of standing water. Furthermore, the millions of ponds which exist exhibit a particularly high biodiversity and have a high potential for ecosystem functions and services. Despite the