Diverging diversity patterns of vascular plants and geometrid moths during forest regeneration on Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 895-904

  Axmacher, Jan C ^a   Tünte, Henry ^a   Schrumpf, Marion ^a   Müller Hohenstein, Klaus ^a   Lyaruu, Herbert V M ^b   Fiedler, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Fisher's ; Geometridae; Herbivorous insects; Isolation; Montane forest; Rarefaction; Succession

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; HERBIVORE; MONTANE FOREST; MOTH; REGENERATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; VASCULAR PLANT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KILIMANJARO [KILIMANJARO (RGN)]; KILIMANJARO [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

BRYOPHYTA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; GEOMETRIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MARTES PENNANTI; OCOTEA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 2542495367     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.00995.x     Document Type: Article

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