Ecology of urban arthropods: A review and a call to action

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 825-835

  McIntyre, N E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Urban ecology; Urban entomology; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; ENTOMOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; URBAN AREA;

ARTHROPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033830114     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2000)093[0825:EOUAAR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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