Changes in Brazilian Drosophilidae (Diptera) assemblages across an urbanisation gradient

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 848-862

  Gottschalk, Marco S ^a   De Toni, Daniela C ^b   Valente, Vera L S ^a   Hofmann, Paulo R P ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diversity; Drosophila; Ecology; Richness; Zaprionus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; URBANIZATION;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DROSOPHILIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; URBANIZATION;

DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA CAPRICORNI; DROSOPHILIDAE;

EID: 41449109598     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2007000600005     Document Type: Article

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