Living in Atlantic forest fragments: Life habits, behaviour, and colony structure of the cockroach Monastria biguttata (Dictyoptera, Blaberidae, Blaberinae) in Espirito Santo, Brazil

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1929-1937

  Pellens, R ^a   Grandcolas, P ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS;

LIFE HABITS; SEMIDECIDUOUS FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

BEHAVIOR; COCKROACH; COLONY STRUCTURE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LIFE HISTORY;

BRAZIL; ESPIRITO SANTO; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARTHROPODA; BLABERIDAE; BLABERINAE; BLATTARIA; DICTYOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642373043     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-191     Document Type: Article

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