Cave lithology determining the structure of the invertebrate communities in the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1713-1729

  Silva, Marconi Souza ^a   Martins, Rogério Parentoni ^b   Ferreira, Rodrigo Lopes ^c  

^a Núcleo de Pesquisa em Saúde e Biológicas do Centro Universitario de Lavras   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic Forest; Caves; Diversity; Invertebrates; Litology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CAVE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVERSITY INDEX; INVERTEBRATE; LIMESTONE; LITHOLOGY; RAINFOREST;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79958701416     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0057-5     Document Type: Article

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