Community structure and functional organization of aquatic insects in an agricultural mountain stream of Taiwan: 1985-1986 and 1995-1996

Zoological Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 191-202

  Shieh, Sen Her ^a,b   Yang, Ping Shih ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agricultural activities; Biological monitoring; Chichiawan Stream; Functional feeding groups

Indexed keywords

BAETIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; RHITHROGENA; UENOA TAIWANENSIS;

EID: 0034216419     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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