The community structure of arthropods in virgin and managed sites in the Kibale Forest, Western Uganda

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 203-213

  Nummelin, Matti ^a  

^a Division of Environmental Biology ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Africa; arthropods; forest management; insects; Kibale; logging; seasonality; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; ORTHOPTERA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; SYMPHYTA;

EID: 0030479999     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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