Changes in trophic abundance of soil arthropods along a grass-shrub-forest gradient

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 457-464

  Ferguson, S H ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

SOIL ARTHROPODS;

SOILS;

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; SOIL FAUNA; TROPHIC LEVEL; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ACARI; ARANEAE; CHILOPODA; COLLEMBOLA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0035055547     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z01-002     Document Type: Article

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