Identification of roots in lava tube caves using molecular techniques: Implications for conservation of cave arthropod faunas

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 251-261

  Howarth, Francis G ^a   James, Shelley A ^a   McDowell, Wendy ^b   Preston, David J ^a   Imada, Clyde T ^a  

^a BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation management; DNA; Hawai'i; Internal transcribed spacer; Invasive species; Speleology

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CAVERNICOLOUS SPECIES; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DNA; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAVA TUBE; PLANT; ROOT; SPELEOLOGY;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUI; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; COCCULUS; COCCULUS ORBICULATUS; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS TERETICORNIS; GREVILLEA ROBUSTA;

EID: 34250782135     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-006-9040-y     Document Type: Article

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