Estimation of biomass from body length and width for tropical rainforest canopy invertebrates

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 291-298

  Wardhaugh, Carl W ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Daintree Rainforest Observatory; Length weight regression; Rainforest canopy; Wet Tropics

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84887177327     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: 14406055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aen.12032     Document Type: Article

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