Biodiversity of indigenous tussock grassland sites in otago, canterbury and the central north island of new zealand I. The macro‐invertebrate fauna

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 287-301

  Barratt, B I P ^a   Ferguson, C M ^a   Logan, R A S ^a   Barton, D ^a   Bell, N L ^b   Sarathchandra, S U ^c   Townsend, R J ^c  

^a INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cass; Deep Stream; Invertebrate density; Macro invertebrates; Mt Benger; Tukino; Tussock grassland

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MANAWATU-WANGANUI; MOUNT RUAPEHU; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND; WORLD;

COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE;

EID: 27744535394     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2005.9517785     Document Type: Article

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