Impact of forest management on insect abundance and damage in a lowland tropical forest in southern Cameroon

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 985-998

  Watt, Allan D ^a   Stork, Nigel E ^b,c   McBeath, Colin ^a   Lawson, Gerald L ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c Coop Res Ctr Trop Rainforest E ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Forest regeneration; Herbivory; Tropical forest pests

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; INSECT ABUNDANCE; INSECT DAMAGE; SILVICULTURE; TROPICAL FOREST;

CAMEROON; MBALMAYO FOREST RESERVE;

ACARI; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; COMBRETACEAE; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; ORTHOPTERA; TERMINALIA IVORENSIS; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 0030865586     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2405288     Document Type: Article

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