Arthropod abundance and diversity in a lowland tropical forest floor in Panama: The role of habitat space vs. nutrient concentrations

Biotropica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 194-200

  Sayer, Emma J ^a,b   Sutcliffe, Laura M E ^a,c   Ross, Rebecca I C ^a,d   Tanner, Edmund V J ^a  

^a Department of Plant Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthropod community composition; Barro Colorado Nature Monument; Habitat quality; Litter addition; Litter fauna; Oe horizon; Oi horizon

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FERMENTATION; FOREST FLOOR; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; LITTER; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PATCHINESS; PHOSPHORUS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TROPICAL FOREST;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 77951168135     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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