Assessment of higher insect taxa as bioindicators for different logging-disturbance regimes in lowland tropical rain forest in Sabah, Malaysia

Ecological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 542-550

  Akutsu, Kosuke ^a   Khen, Chey Vun ^b   Toda, Masanori J ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Flying insects; Higher taxon approach; Selective logging; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INSECT; LOGGING (TIMBER); LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; RAINFOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ASIA; DERAMAKOT FOREST RESERVE; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 34347214463     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0052-6     Document Type: Article

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