Effects of shading and mulch depth on the colonisation of habitat patches by arthropods of rainforest soil and litter

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 221-231

  Nakamura, Akihiro ^a   Catterall, Carla P ^a   Burwell, Chris J ^a,b   Kitching, Roger L ^a   House, Alan P N ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Queensland Museum   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bio indicators; Biodiversity; Epigaeic invertebrates; Reforestation

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049094290     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2009.00056.x     Document Type: Article

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