Arthropod abundance, canopy structure, and microclimate in a Bornean lowland tropical rain forest

Biotropica

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 643-652

  Dial, Roman J ^a   Ellwood, Martin D F ^b   Turner, Edward C ^b   Foster, William A ^b  

^a ALASKA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthropod abundance; Borneo; Canopy arthropods; Canopy microclimate; Canopy structure; Fogging; Leaf area index; Lowland tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; BIOMASS; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST DYNAMICS; MICROCLIMATE; POPULATION DENSITY;

ASIA; BORNEO; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 33747039511     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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