Surface and leaf-litter arthropods in the coastal forests of Tanzania

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 355-365

  Burgess, N D ^a   Ponder, K L ^b   Goddard, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b c/o Soc for Environ Exploration   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal forests; Invertebrate assemblages; Seasonality; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; INVERTEBRATE; SEASONALITY;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0032860758     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2028.1999.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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