Species assemblages and community structure of adult caddisflies along a headwater stream in southeastern Ghana (Insecta: Trichoptera)

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-43

  Kjærandsen, Jostein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Afrotropical; Aquatic; Caddisflies; Community structure; Conservation; Diversity; Ghana; Rain forest; Trichoptera

Indexed keywords

CADDISFLY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION COVER;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

BRYOPHYTA; INSECTA; RIPARIA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 14644431834     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-4049-1     Document Type: Article

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