Local and regional-scale food web structure in Nepenthes alata pitchers

Biotropica

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 82-91

  Sota, T ^a   Mogi, M ^b   Kato, K ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Community structure; Diptera; Food web; Mosquitoes; Nepenthes; Patchy environment; Pitcher plant; Sumatra

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; PITCHER PLANT;

INDONESIA, SUMATRA;

DIPTERA; NEPENTHES ALATA;

EID: 0031714018     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1998.tb00371.x     Document Type: Article

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