Unique elevational diversity patterns of geometrid moths in an Andean montane rainforest

Ecography

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 456-466

  Brehm, Gunnar ^a   Süssenbach, Dirk ^a   Fiedler, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; MONTANE FOREST; MOTH; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ECUADOR;

ENNOMINAE; GEOMETRIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LARENTIINAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0141574394     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0587.2003.03498.x     Document Type: Article

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