Structure of aquatic insect communities in tank-bromeliads in a East-Amazonian rainforest in French Guiana

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 351-360

  Jabiol, J ^a   Corbara, B ^b   Dejean, A ^c   Cereghino R ^a  

^a Institut National Polytechnique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c Campus Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Bromeliaceae; Classification; Community structure; Insects; Microcosms; Neural networks; Nouragues; Phytotelmata; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; ECOLOGY; NEURAL NETWORKS; OCEAN HABITATS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); THEOREM PROVING; VEGETATION; WATER RESOURCES;

BROMELIACEAE; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INSECTS; MICROCOSMS; NOURAGUES; PHYTOTELMATA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; ANGIOSPERM; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ELEVATION; INSECT; MICROCOSM; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AECHMEA; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BROMELIACEAE; CATOPSIS BERTERONIANA; GUZMANIA LINGULATA; HEXAPODA; VRIESEA; VRIESEA SPLENDENS;

EID: 56449083401     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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