Macrolepidopteran assemblages along an altitudinal gradient in subtropical rainforest - exploring indicators of climate change

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 375-389

  Ashton, Louise A ^a   Kitching, Roger L ^a   Maunsell, Sarah C ^a   Bito, Darren ^a   Putland, David A ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Growcom   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; IBISCA; Lepidoptera; Rainforest; Subtropical

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; MOTH; RAINFOREST;

AUSTRALIA; LAMINGTON NATIONAL PARK; QUEENSLAND;

LEPIDOPTERA; MACROLEPIDOPTERA; NOTHOFAGUS MOOREI;

EID: 84859945552     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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