Research Catalog

Title

Canopy arthropods / edited by N.E. Stork, J. Adis, and R.K. Didham.

Publication

London ; New York : Chapman & Hall, 1997.

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Additional Authors

• Stork, N. E.
• Adis, Joachim, 1950-
• Didham, R. K. (Raphael K.)

Description

xvi, 567 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

• Forest canopies
• Arthropoda

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Sampling arthropods from tree-crowns by fogging with knockdown insecticides: lessons from studies of oak tree beetle assemblages in Richmond Park (UK) / N. E. Stork and P. M. Hammond -- 2. A review of methods for sampling arthropods in tree canopies / Y. Basset, N. D. Springate and H. P. Aberlenc [et al.] -- 3. Advances in using the canopy fogging technique to collect living arthropods from tree-crowns / W. Paarmann and K. Kerck -- 4. Knockdown efficiency of natural pyrethrum and survival rate of living arthropods obtained by canopy fogging in Central Amazonia / J. Adis, W. Paarmann and C. R. V. da Fonseca [et al.] -- 5. Beetle species diversity and faunal similarity in Venezuelan rainforest tree canopies / J. G. Davies, N. E. Stork and M. J. D. Brendell [et al.] -- 6. Host-specificity and the effective specialization of tropical canopy beetles / N. A. Mawdsley and N. E. Stork --
• 7. Determinants of species richness in assemblages of canopy arthropods in rainforests / R. L. Kitching, H. Mitchell and G. Morse [et al.] -- 8. Canopy arthropods of coastal Sitka spruce trees on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada / N. N. Winchester -- 9. The beetle fauna of different tree species in forests of Rwanda and East Zaire / T. Wagner -- 10. Tree-crown beetles in context: a comparison of canopy and other ecotone assemblages in a lowland tropical forest in Sulawesi / P. M. Hammond, N. E. Stork and M. J. D. Brendell -- 11. Patterns of beetle species diversity in Castanopsis acuminatissima (Fagaceae) trees studied with canopy fogging in mid-montane New Guinea rainforest / A. Allison, G. A. Samuelson and S. E. Miller -- 12. Species abundance and body size relationships in insect herbivores associated with New Guinea forest trees, with particular reference to insect host-specificity / Y. Basset --
• 13. Arthropod biodiversity in the canopy of New Caledonian forests / E. Guilbert -- 14. Diversity of an Amazonian canopy grasshopper community in relation to resource partitioning and phylogeny / C. Amedegnato -- 15. Dipteran tree-crown assemblages in a diverse southern temperate rainforest / R. K. Didham -- 16. Diversity and recolonization dynamics of selected arthropod groups on different tree species in a lowland rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia with special reference to Formicidae / A. Floren and K. E. Linsenmair -- 17. The ant fauna of tree canopies in Central Amazonia: a first assessment / A. Y. Harada and J. Adis -- 18. Estimation of arboreal and terrestrial arthropod densities in the forest canopy as measured by insecticide smoking / H. Watanabe -- 19. The ecology and behaviour of arboreal dung beetles in Borneo / A. J. Davis, J. Huijbregts and A. H. Kirk-Spriggs [et al.] --
• 20. Studies on the biology of a canopy-dwelling carabid beetle collected by canopy fogging in the rainforest of Sulawesi (Indonesia) / W. Paarmann and D. Paarmann -- 21. Bioacoustic monitoring of insect communities in a Bornean rainforest canopy / K. Riede -- 22. Spatial and temporal use of microhabitats as a key strategy for the colonization of tree bark by Entomobrya nivalis L. (Collembola: Entomobryidae) / A. Prinzing -- 23. The epiphytic lichen Evernia prunastri L. as a habitat for arthropods: shelter from desiccation, food-limitation and indirect mutualism / A. Prinzing and H.-P. Wirtz -- 24. Distinguishing the woods from the trees / B. J. Richardson, S. Burgin and F. F. Azarbayjani [et al.] -- 25. Insect biomass in Amazonian forest fragments / J. R. Malcolm -- 26. The significance of edge effects in the management of forests for invertebrate biodiversity / C. M. P. Ozanne, C. Hambler and A. Foggo [et al.] --
• 27. Canopy arthropod studies for the future / N. E. Stork, R. K. Didham and J. Adis.

ISBN

0412749009

LCCN

96085876

OCLC

• 36519618
• ocm36519618

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries