Collembola in Central Amazon inundation forests - Strategies for surviving floods

Pedobiologia

Volumn 41, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 69-73

  Gauer, U ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collembola; Flood tolerant eggs; Inundation forests; Mass migration; Neotropics

Indexed keywords

COLLEMBOLA;

ADAPTATION; FOOD TOLERANT EGG; INUNDATION FOREST; MASS MIGRATION; SURVIVAL;

BRAZIL, AMAZONIA;

EID: 0030616605     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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