The effects of goose herbivory and loss of vegetation on ground beetle and spider assemblages in an Arctic supratidal marsh

Ecoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-65

  Milakovic, Brian ^a   Jefferies, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Grubbing; Habitat degradation; La P rouse Bay; Lesser snow goose; Manitoba; Soil invertebrates

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; DISTURBANCE; HERBIVORY; HETEROGENEITY; SPIDER;

CANADA; LA PEROUSE BAY; MANITOBA;

ANSER; ANSER CAERULESCENS; ANSER SP.; ARANEAE; AVES; CARABIDAE; CHEN; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037280109     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2003.11682751     Document Type: Article

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