Prairie dog engineering indirectly affects beetle movement behavior

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-94

  Bangert, R K ^a   Slobodchikoff, C N ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Cynomys gunnisoni; Eleodes hispilabris; High desert grasslands; Landscape ecology; Movement behavior; Petrified Forest National Park; Tenebrionidae

Indexed keywords

BARE SOIL; BEETLE; BURROWING; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MICROHABITAT; MOVEMENT; RODENT;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; COLEOPTERA; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS GUNNISONI; ELEODES; ELEODES HISPILABRIS; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 0347029955     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-1963(02)00322-1     Document Type: Article

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