Amazonian Rainforests and their Richness of Coleoptera, a Dominant Life Form in the Critical Zone of the Neotropics

Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 49-67

  Erwin, Terry L ^a   Geraci, Christy J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonian insect communities organized into oligarchies of common taxa, and how oligarchic patterns in canopy are detected; Amazonian rainforests and richness of Coleoptera; Canopy fogging technique collecting sheet and fogger; Climatic setting and critical zone establishment; Enormity of ecosystem level vortex complicating efforts to characterize and conserve neotropical arthropods; Morphospecies richness to biodiversity; Richness of lineages and guilds; Sampling arthropod biodiversity in Amazonian forests; Studying biodiversity patterns in Amazonian forest communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951026032     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444308211.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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