Community structure of Neotropical wetland insects in Northern Venezuela. II. Habitat type and environmental factors

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 437-453

  Grillet, María Eugenia ^a   Legendre, Pierre ^a   Borcard, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Community structure; Wetland type related distribution

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT TYPE; INSECT; WETLAND;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0036417656     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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