Invertebrate communities in a tropical rain forest canopy in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Hugo

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 191-201

  Schowalter, T D ^a   Ganio, L M ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Defoliators; Detritivores; Disturbance; Diversity; Functional groups; Insects; Molluscs; Sap suckers; Succession

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HURRICANE; INVERTEBRATE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0032930692     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1999.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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