Understorey environments influence functional diversity in tank-bromeliad ecosystems

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 815-823

  Brouard, Olivier ^a,b   Céréghino, Régis ^c,d   Corbara, Bruno ^a,b   Leroy, Céline ^e   Pelozuelo, Laurent ^c,d   Dejean, Alain ^c,e   Carrias, Jean François ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c Université de Toulouse   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e Campus Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Food webs; French Guiana; Invertebrates; Microorganisms; Phytotelmata; Rainforest

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 84858082074     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02749.x     Document Type: Article

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