Leaf litter diversity and shredder preferences in an Australian tropical rain-forest stream

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 219-229

  Bastian, Mikis ^a   Boyero, Luz ^a   Jackes, Betsy R ^a   Pearson, Richard G ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Litter processing; Shredder; Species richness; Stream invertebrates; Trichoptera; Tropics

Indexed keywords

FOOD PREFERENCE; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF LITTER; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ENDIANDRA; INVERTEBRATA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 33847691101     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467406003920     Document Type: Article

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