Diversity and composition of Amazonian moths in primary, secondary and plantation forests

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 281-300

  Hawes, Joseph ^a   Da Silva Motta, Catarina ^b   Overal, William L ^c   Barlow, Jos ^d   Gardner, Toby A ^e   Peres, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c Museu Paraense Emlio Goeldi (MPEG)   (Brazil)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arctiidae; Brazil; Human dominated landscapes; Land use change; Lepidoptera; Saturnidae; Sphingidae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; MOTH; PLANTATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARCTIIDAE; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS UROGRANDIS; LEPIDOPTERA; SATURNIIDAE; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 69849098157     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467409006038     Document Type: Article

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