Rangeland Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) Associated with Mesqnite and Juniper Habitats in the Texas Rolling Plains

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 528-536

  Parajulee, M N ^a   Slosser, J E ^a   Montandon, R ^a   Dowhower, S L ^a   Pinchak, W E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grasshoppers; Juniper; Mesquite; Seasonal abundance; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ACRIDIDAE; AGENEOTETTIX; AGENEOTETTIX DEORUM; HESPEROTETTIX; HESPEROTETTIX VIRIDIS; JUNIPERUS; ORTHOPTERA; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA; SYRBULA;

EID: 0001228986     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.3.528     Document Type: Article

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