Abundance changes in terrestrial isopod assemblages along an urban-rural gradient in Denmark
Abstract
We studied the species composition and abundance relations in isopod assemblages along an urbanisation gradient in Sora, Denmark. We assumed a positive response for the increasing disturbance hypothesis or the intermediate disturbance hypothesis. We also predicted that cosmopolitan and exotic species gain dominance in the urban sites. Our results gave mixed support to these predictions. Species richness and species composition were the same along the gradient, but the abundance values were significantly higher in urban and suburban sites than in the forest. Hierarchical clustering separated the rural woodlice assemblage but the isopod assemblages of suburban and urban sites did not separate to distinct groups.
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