Diet of Migratory Grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in a California Native Grassland and the Effect of Prescribed Spring Burning

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 234-240

  Porter, Eric E ^a   Redak, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California grasslands; Diet; Fire; Grasshoppers; Herbivory; Melanoplus sanguinipes; Nasella pulchra

Indexed keywords

ACRIDIDAE; MELANOPLUS SANGUINIPES; ORTHOPTERA; POACEAE;

EID: 0242581542     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.2.234     Document Type: Article

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