Invertebrates in the canopy of tropical rain forests: How much do we really know?

Plant Ecology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 87-107

  Basset, Yves ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biogeography; Collecting methods; Conservation; Predator prey relationships; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CANOPY; INVERTEBRATE; LITERATURE REVIEW; RAINFOREST;

ACARI; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; COLLEMBOLA; CURCULIONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 0034813929     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017581406101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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