Life history of Pycnotropis tida (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Aphelidesmidae) from seasonally inundated forests in Amazonia (Brazil and Peru)

Pedobiologia

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 231-244

  Vohland, Katrin ^a   Adis, Joachim ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amazon; Floodplains; Inundation; Millipedes; Neotropics; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; LIFE HISTORY;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; PERU;

ANIMALIA; APHELIDESMIDAE; ARACHNIDA; DIPLOPODA; INVERTEBRATA; POLYDESMIDA; PYCNOTROPIS; PYCNOTROPIS TIDA;

EID: 0032815768     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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