Arthropods as bioindicators of sustainable forest management, with a focus on plantation forests

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Maleque, M Abdul ^a   Maeto, Kaoru ^a   Ishii, Hiroaki T ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem disturbances; Insects; Monitoring; Thinning

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 72649087338     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2009.1     Document Type: Short Survey

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