Do species dominance indices indicate rain forest disturbance by logging?

Biotropica

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 628-632

  Nummelin, Matti ^a,b   Kaitala, Seppo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Ulkoasiainministerio   (Finland)

Author keywords

Forest management; Indicators; Insects; Logging

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGGING (TIMBER); RAINFOREST;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 12244259344     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1646/1610     Document Type: Article

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