Assessing the impact of forest disturbance on tropical invertebrates: Some comments

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 461-466

  Basset, Yves ^a,e   Novotny, Vojtech ^b   Miller, Scott E ^c   Springate, Neil D ^d  

^a Intl Institute of Entomology   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c Honolulu Intl Ctr Insect P   (Kenya)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

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EID: 0031715157     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1998.00311.x     Document Type: Review

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