Decay state and inundation history control assemblage structure of log-dwelling invertebrates in floodplain forests

River Research and Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-219

  Ballinger, Andrea ^a   Mac Nally, Ralph ^a   Sam Lake, P ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flood cycle; Floodplain; Log dwelling invertebrates; Logs; River red gum

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; COLONIZATION; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; FOREST FLOOR; INVERTEBRATE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIMBER; TREE;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 75849147081     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1254     Document Type: Article

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