The effects of burn frequency on the density of some grasshoppers and leaf miners in a Florida sandhill community

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 499-505

  Kerstyn, Alicia ^a   Stiling, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn frequency; Florida sandhill; Herbaceous plants; Herbivore densities; Oak trees

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INSECT; PERIODICITY; POPULATION DENSITY; WILDFIRE;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

ACRIDIDAE; AGROMYZIDAE; CARPHEPHORUS CORYMBOSUS; ERIOGRONUM; ERIOGRONUM TOMENTOSUM; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORTHOPTERA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS GEMINATA; QUERCUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033374405     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3496469     Document Type: Article

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