Habitat associations of Florida grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 235-244

  Squitier, J M ^a   Capinera, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRASSHOPPER; HABITAT SELECTION; POPULATION DENSITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

ACHURUM CARINATUM; ACRIDIDAE; AMADINA FASCIATA; AMBLYTROPIDIA MYSTECA; APTENOPEDES APTERA; APTENOPEDES SPHENARIOIDES; CHORTOPHAGA; CHORTOPHAGA AUSTRALIOR; DICHROMORPHA VIRIDIS; MELANOPLUS; MELANOPLUS KEELERI; MELANOPLUS PROPINQUUS; MELANOPLUS ROTUNDIPENNIS; ORPHULELLA PELIDNA; ORTHOPTERA; PAROXYA ATLANTICA; QUERCUS; SCHISTOCERCA; SCHISTOCERCA AMERICANA; SPHARAGEMON; SPHARAGEMON CRISTATUM;

EID: 0038679480     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2002)085[0235:haofgo]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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