Indigenous forests versus exotic eucalypt and pine plantations: A comparison of leaf-litter invertebrate communities

African Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-99

  Ratsirarson, H ^a   Robertson, H G ^a   Picker, M D ^a   Van Noort, S ^a  

^a IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Amphipoda; Exotic plantations; Formicidae; Hymenoptera; Indigenous forests; Linepithema humile; Opiliones

Indexed keywords

LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 0036268120     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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