Montane Andean rain forests are a global diversity hotspot of geometrid moths

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1621-1627

  Brehm, Gunnar ^a   Pitkin, Linda M ^b   Hilt, Nadine ^a   Fiedler, Konrad ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Cloud forest; Conservation; Ecuador; Gamma diversity; Geometridae; Insects; Landscape diversity; Lepidoptera; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ANDEAN OROGENY; BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MONTANE FOREST; MOTH; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT; VERTEBRATE;

ANDES; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARTHROPODA; GEOMETRIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; TRACHEOPHYTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 32044464632     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01304.x     Document Type: Article

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