Biodiversity and abundance of terrestrial isopods along a gradient of disturbance in Sabah, East Malaysia

European Journal of Soil Biology

Volumn 42, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Hassall, M ^a   Jones, D T ^b   Taiti, S ^c   Latipi, Z ^d   Sutton, S L ^d   Mohammed, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Diversity; Dynamic equilibrium hypothesis; Equitability; Logging; Species richness; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; ELAEIS; ISOPODA;

EID: 33845325826     PISSN: 11645563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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