Seasonality of canopy invertebrate communities in eucalypt forests of eastern and western Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 64-80

  Recher, H F ^a   Majer, J D ^b   Ganesh, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Canopy; Eucalyptus; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

EID: 17244366674     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1996.tb00586.x     Document Type: Article

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