Assessing the abundance of seven major arthropod groups along an altitudinal gradient and across seasons in subtropical rainforest

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 303-313

  Boulter, Sarah L ^a   Lambkin, Christine L ^b   Starick, Noel T ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthropod; IBISCA; Subtropical rainforests

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 84860007443     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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