Biodiversity indicator groups of tropical land-use systems: Comparing plants, birds, and insects

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1321-1333

  Schulze, Christian H ^a   Waltert, Matthias ^a   Kessler, Paul J A ^b   Pitopang, Ramadhanil ^c   Shahabuddin, ^c   Veddeler, Dorthe ^a   Mühlenberg, Michael ^a   Gradstein, S Robbert ^d   Leuschner, Christoph ^d   Steffan Dewenter, Ingolf ^a   Tscharntke, Teja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN BRANCH   (Netherlands)

^c TADULAKO UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity assessment; Biodiversity indicators; Birds; Butterflies; Dung beetles; Indonesia, Central Sulawesi; Land use systems, tropical; Rainforest; Species richness, correlation among taxonomic groups; Species richness, predicting; Trees; Understory plants

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; INSECT; LAND USE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SULAWESI; SUNDA ISLES;

AVES; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PAPILIONOIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 5344235848     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-5409     Document Type: Article

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