Density, biomass, and diversity of grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in a California native grassland

Great Basin Naturalist

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 172-176

  Porter, Eric E ^a   Redak, Richard A ^a   Braker, H Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrididae; California native grassland; density; diversity; grasshopper herbivory; Melanoplus sanguinipes; Nassella pulchra

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029783572     PISSN: 00173614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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