Disturbance effects on diversity of epiphytes and moths in a montane forest in Ecuador

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-12

  Nöske, Nicole M ^a   Hilt, Nadine ^b   Werner, Florian A ^c   Brehm, Gunnar ^d   Fiedler, Konrad ^e   Sipman, Harrie J M ^a   Gradstein, S Robbert ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Andes; Anthropogenic disturbance; Lepidoptera; Non vascular and vascular plants; Species composition; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ARCTIIDAE; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 36749001638     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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