Diversity and biogeography of subterranean guano arthropod communities of the Flinders Ranges, South Australia

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Volumn 126, Issue , 2005, Pages 125-132

  Moulds, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthropoda; Biospeleology; Cave; Food web; Guano; Invertebrate

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; REDUVIIDAE; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 33748870828     PISSN: 0370047X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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