Habitat relationships among grasshoppers (Orthoptera:Acrididae) at the western limit of the Great Plains in Colorado

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 314-327

  Craig, David P ^a   Bock, Carl E ^a   Bennett, Barry C ^a   Bock, Jane H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; GRASSHOPPER; HABITAT TYPE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

BOULDER; COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

ACRIDIDAE; GOMPHOCERINAE; INSECTA; MELANOPLINAE; OEDIPODINAE; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0032713224     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1999)142[0314:HRAGOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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