Discriminatory power of different arthropod data sets for the biological monitoring of anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 709-732

  Basset, Yves ^a   Mavoungou, Jacques F ^b   Mikissa, Jean Bruno ^c   Missa, Olivier ^d   Miller, Scott E ^e   Kitching, Roger L ^d   Alonso, Alfonso ^f  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b CENAREST   (Gabon)

^c Ecl Natl des Eaux et Forêts ^*  (Gabon)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^f SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Guilds; Parataxonomists; Predictor sets; Rarity; Taxonomic resolution

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMONITORING; DATA SET; DISTURBANCE; GUILD STRUCTURE; TROPICAL FOREST;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; GABON; GAMBA; OGOOUE-MARITIME; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 0842328869     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOC.0000011722.44714.a4     Document Type: Review

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