Colonisation of pitcher plant leaves at several spatial scales

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 482-489

  Kurtis Trzcinski, M ^a   Walde, Sandra J ^a   Taylor, Philip D ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Community assembly; Habitat selection; Metriocnemus knabi; Oviposition; Pitcher plant; Sarracenia purpurea; Sarraceniopus gibsoni; Spatial scale; Species interactions; Wyeomyia smithii

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; COLONIZATION; HABITAT SELECTION; OVIPOSITION; SCALE EFFECT;

CANADA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; METRIOCNEMUS KNABI; SARRACENIA PURPUREA; SARRACENIACEAE; SARRACENIOPUS GIBSONI; WYEOMYIA SMITHII;

EID: 0042574116     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2003.00530.x     Document Type: Article

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