Habitat type modifies geometry of elevational diversity gradients in geometrid moths (Lepidoptera Geometridae) on Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 243-251

  Axmacher, J C ^a   Fiedler, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Agro forest; Elevation; Geometridae; Habitat types; Land use; Mt kilimanjaro; Rain forest; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 59649090455     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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