Do Eucalyptus plantations host an insect community similar to remnant Eucalyptus forest?

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 103-117

  Cunningham, Saul A ^a   Floyd, Robert B ^a   Weir, Tom A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community composition; Eucalyptus; Forestry; Insects; Ordination; Plantation; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST COVER; FOREST EDGE; INSECT; PEST SPECIES; PLANTATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY;

APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; EUCALYPTUS MARGINATA; EVANIOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; GONIPTERUS; GONIPTERUS SCUTELLATUS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYRTACEAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 14644444603     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01429.x     Document Type: Review

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