Species Richness and Altitudinal Variation in the Aquatic Metazoan Community in Bamboo Phytotelmata from North Sulawesi

Researches on Population Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 275-281

  Sota, T ^a   Mogi, M ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Altitudinal variation; Bamboo phytotelmata; Community; Predation; Species richness; Tropics

Indexed keywords

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICIDAE; METAZOA; SCIRTIDAE; TIPULIDAE; TOXORHYNCHITES;

EID: 0001146123     PISSN: 00345466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02515737     Document Type: Article

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