Effects of peatland size and exposure on two species of Diptera inhabiting the pitcher plant Sarracenia purpurea L

Ecoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 347-354

  Miner, Jennifer A ^a   Taylor, Philip D ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Landscape structure; Metriocnemus knabi; Sarracenia purpurea; Spatial structure; Wyeomia smithii

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MOSQUITO; PEATLAND; PLANT;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; METRIOCNEMUS; METRIOCNEMUS KNABI; SARRACENIA; SARRACENIA PURPUREA; SARRACENIACEAE; WYEOMYIA; WYEOMYIA SMITHII;

EID: 0036385460     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2002.11682722     Document Type: Article

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