Above and below ground impacts of terrestrial mammals and birds in a tropical forest

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 571-579

  Dunham, Amy E ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; EARTHWORM; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOOD WEB; FOREST FLOOR; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GUILD STRUCTURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HERBIVORY; HETEROGENEITY; INSECTIVORE; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MAMMAL; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PATH ANALYSIS; PHOSPHORUS; RAINFOREST; SPIDER; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL SOIL;

AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ACARI; ARANEAE; AVES; COLLEMBOLA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; SCIARIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 41149129841     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2008.16534.x     Document Type: Article

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