Variance in composition of inquiline communities in leaves of Sarracenia purpurea L. on multiple spatial scales

Oecologia

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 562-566

  Harvey, E ^a   Miller, T E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inquiline; Metriocnemus knabi; Sarracenia purpurea; Spatial patterns; Wyeomyia smithii

Indexed keywords

SARRACENIA PURPUREA; ACARI; CLADOCERA; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; SARRACENIACEAE;

BACTERIA; INQUILINE; MIDGE; MOSQUITO; PITCHER PLANT;

USA;

EID: 0030300982     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00333734     Document Type: Article

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