Contrasting patterns of vertical stratification in two moth families in a Costa Rican lowland rain forest

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-54

  Brehm, Gunnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctiid moths; Arthropods; Biodiversity; Costa rica; Geometrid moths; Insects; Spatial distribution; Trap; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

ARCTIIDAE; ARTHROPODA; COSTA (OSTRACODE); GEOMETRIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MACROCNEME; PIPERACEAE;

EID: 33845939583     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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