How much do site age, habitat structure and spatial isolation influence the restoration of rainforest beetle species assemblages?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-118

  Grimbacher, Peter S ^a   Catterall, Carla P ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Dispersal; Rainforest insects; Reforestation; Spatial context

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; RAINFOREST; REFORESTATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATHERTON TABLELAND; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33845457490     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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