Abundance of arthropods in tree canopies of Banksia woodland on the Swan Coastal Plain

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 281-286

  Tassone, R A ^a,b   Majer, J D ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; INVERTEBRATE; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

ARTHROPODA; BANKSIA ATTENUATA; BANKSIA ILICIFOLIA; BANKSIA MENZIESII;

EID: 0031544358     PISSN: 0035922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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