Separating the effects of forest type and elevation on the diversity of litter invertebrate communities in a humid tropical forest in Puerto Rico

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 926-936

  Richardson, Barbara A ^b   Richardson, Michael J ^b   Soto Adames, Felipe N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biomass; Microcosms; Microhabitats; Nutrients; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; LEACHING; LITTER; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; LUQUILLO MOUNTAINS; PUERTO RICO;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 33745231341     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.00990.x     Document Type: Article

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