Resource heterogeneity and community structure: A case study in Heliconia imbricata Phytotelmata

Oecologia

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 29-38

  Naeem, Shahid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Community ecology; Heliconia imbricata; Phytotelmata; Resource heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PHYTOTELMATA; RESOURCE HETEROGENEITY;

EID: 0025645265     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00665591     Document Type: Article

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