Scavenging of dead invertebrates along an urbanisation gradient in Singapore

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 138-145

  Tan, Cedric K W ^a   Corlett, Richard T ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ants; Carrion; Foraging; Habitat quality; Nutrient cycling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858298381     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2011.00143.x     Document Type: Article

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