Saproxylic beetle assemblages on native and exotic snags in a West African tropical forest

African Entomology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-24

  Lachat, T ^a   Peveling, R ^a   Attignon, S ^a,b   Goergen, G ^c   Sinsin, B ^b   Nagel, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

Author keywords

Dead wood; Natural forest; Plantations; Saproxylic beetle assemblages; Standing dead trees; Trunk window trap

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 34249310723     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4001/1021-3589-15.1.13     Document Type: Article

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