Insect communities on experimental mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris L.) plots along an urban gradient

Oecologia

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 269-277

  Denys, Christine ^a   Schmidt, Holger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Insect community; Isolation; Mugwort; Species richness; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; INSECT COMMUNITY; MUGWORT;

GERMANY, HAMBURG;

ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; ASTERACEAE;

EID: 0031931159     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050378     Document Type: Article

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