Macroecology of local insect communities

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-28

  Krüger, Oliver ^a   McGavin, George C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Acacia; Body weight; Insects; Range size; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY MASS; HOME RANGE; INSECT; MACROECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

TANZANIA;

ACACIA; ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0343238458     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(00)00112-0     Document Type: Article

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