Variation in grasshopper (Acrididae) densities in response to fire frequency and bison grazing in tallgrass prairie

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1617-1625

  Joern, Anthony ^a,b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bison grazing; Konza prairie; Orthoptera; Population dynamics; Prescribed burning

Indexed keywords

GRASSHOPPER; GRAZING; LAND USE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRAIRIE; PRESCRIBED BURNING;

FLINT HILLS; KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACRIDIDAE; BISON; BUBALUS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 11244339780     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.6.1617     Document Type: Article

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