Benefits of conservation of plant genetic diversity to arthropod diversity

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 379-390

  Bangert, Randy K ^a   Turek, Richard J ^a   Martinsen, Gregory D ^b   Wimp, Gina M ^c   Bailey, Joseph K ^a   Whitham, Thomas G ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EcoPlan Associates Inc   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod composition; Arthropod richness; Cottonwoods; Host plant cross type diversity; Natural hybrids; Populus spp.

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC VARIATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARTHROPODA; POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES; POPULUS FREMONTII;

EID: 13244281453     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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