Beetle species' responses suggest that microclimate mediates fragmentation effects in tropical Australian rainforest

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 458-470

  Grimbacher, Peter S ^a   Catterall, Carla P ^a   Kitching, Roger L ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beetle assemblage; Coleoptera; Edge effect; Moisture gradient; Wet Tropics

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MICROCLIMATE; RAINFOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745147856     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01606.x     Document Type: Article

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