Cave invertebrate assemblages differ between native and exotic leaf litter

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 271-277

  Hills, Nicole ^a   Hose, Grant C ^a   Cantlay, Andrew J ^a   Murray, Brad R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cave fauna; Exotic species; Invertebrates; Jenolan Caves; Leaf litter; Litter decomposition; Troglobites

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CAVE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; EVERGREEN TREE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INVERTEBRATE; KARST; LEAF AREA; LEAF LITTER; NATIVE SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; JENOLAN CAVES; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; EUCALYPTUS; INVERTEBRATA; PINUS RADIATA; PLATANUS; RADIATA;

EID: 42149163808     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01814.x     Document Type: Article

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