Arthropod assemblages in tree canopies: A comparison of orders on box mistletoe (Amyema miquelii) and its host eucalypts

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 221-230

  Burns, Anna E ^a   Cunningham, Saul A ^b   Watson, David M ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arboreal; Arthropod assemblage; Box mistletoe; Host plant; Re colonisation

Indexed keywords

AMYEMA MIQUELII; ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; EUCALYPTUS; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LORANTHACEAE; MYRTACEAE; VERTEBRATA; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 80051882738     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: 14406055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2011.00811.x     Document Type: Article

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