Understorey versus canopy: Patterns of vertical stratification and diversity among Lepidoptera in a Bornean rain forest

Plant Ecology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 133-152

  Schulze, Christian H ^a,b   Linsenmair, K Eduard ^a   Fiedler, Konrad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Fruit feeders; Guild composition; Moths; Nectar feeders; Species composition

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNDERSTORY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

KINABALU NATIONAL PARK; MALAYSIA; SABAH;

ARCTIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 0034803275     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017589711553     Document Type: Conference Paper

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