The size and composition of the hymenopteran fauna of Costa Rica

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-113

  Gaston, Kevin J ^a,c   Gauld, Ian D ^a   Hanson, Paul ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Hymenoptera; Latitudinal gradients; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EGG PARASITOID; SPECIES RICHNESS;

COSTA RICA; UK;

HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0030456918     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1996.00978.x     Document Type: Article

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