Rainforest Collembola (Hexapoda: Collembola) and the insularity of epiphyte microhabitats

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-106

  Rodgers, Denis J ^a   Kitching, Roger L ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anosim; Collembola; Epiphyte; Island biogeography; Rainforest; Vertical stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953794375     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2010.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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