Diversity and composition of Arctiidae moth ensembles along a successional gradient in the Ecuadorian Andes

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 387-398

  Hilt, Nadine ^a   Fiedler, Konrad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arctiidae; Ecuador; Habitat disturbance; Moths; Succession gradient; Tropical montane rain forest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; MOTH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION;

ANDES; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARCTIIDAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 28244475337     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2005.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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