Phytophagous insects and web-building spiders in relation to pasture vegetation complexity

Ecography

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 68-82

  Borges, Paulo A V ^a,b   Brown, Valerie K ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FEEDING; GUILD; INSECT; PASTURE; SPIDER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AZORES;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; POACEAE;

EID: 0035088778     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0587.2001.240109.x     Document Type: Article

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