Insect diversity in Cape fynbos and neighbouring South African vegetation

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 445-451

  Procheş, Şerban ^a,b   Cowling, Richard M ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape Floristic Region; Diversity relationships; Fynbos; Insect diversity; Insects; Plantdiversity; South Africa

Indexed keywords

INSECT; PLANT; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SHRUBLAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 33748149051     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2006.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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