Causal relationship between leaf litter beetle communities and regeneration patterns of vegetation in the Atlantic rainforest of Southern Brazil (Mata Atlântica)

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 299-309

  Ottermanns, Richard ^a   Hopp, Philipp W ^a   Guschal, Maike ^a   dos Santos, Gustavo Pacheco ^b   Meyer, Stefan ^a   Roß Nickoll, Martina ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Feedback loop; Forest restoration; Mediation; Micro climate; Statistical modelling

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 80955158729     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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