Temporal distribution of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Trichoptera (EPT) adults at a tropical forest stream: Response to seasonal variations

Environmentalist

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-34

  Suhaila, Abdul Hamid ^a   Che Salmah, Md Rawi ^a   Al Shami, Salman Abdo ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

EPT; Malaysia; Tropical forest stream; Tropical seasonality

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; FLY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL FOREST;

GUNUNG JERAI FOREST RESERVE; KEDAH; MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

BAETIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; HYDROPSYCHIDAE; LEPIDOSTOMATIDAE; LEPTOCERIDAE; PERLIDAE; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 84857449514     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-011-9362-5     Document Type: Article

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