Native species dominate the millipede fauna in a second-rotation Pinus radiata plantation in Tasmania, Australia

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-22

  Mesibov, Robert ^a  

^a Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diplopoda; Invertebrate conservation; Millipede; Pinus radiata; Plantation

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; PLANTATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; TASMANIA; WORLD;

CHORDEUMATIDA; DIPLOPODA; INVERTEBRATA; PINUS RADIATA; POLYDESMIDA; POLYZONIIDA;

EID: 17644406723     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PC050017     Document Type: Article

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