Average body length of arboreal and aerial beetle (Coleoptera) assemblages from remnant and plantation Eucalyptus forests in southwestern Australia

Oecologia

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 303-312

  Cunningham, Saul A ^a   Murray, William ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body size; Coleoptera; Habitat; Succession; Trophic groups

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; DISPERSAL; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PREDATOR; SUCCESSION; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEETLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; EUCALYPTUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; ECOSYSTEM; EUCALYPTUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

COLEOPTERA; EUCALYPTUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 33847315220     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0589-7     Document Type: Article

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