The composition of the arthropod fauna of the canopies of some species of oak (Quercus)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-72

  Southwood, T Richard E ^a   Wint, G R William ^a   Kennedy, Catherine E J ^a,b   Greenwood, Steve R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS   (United Kingdom)

^c BBC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canopy fauna; Epiphyte grazers; Guilds; Introduced species; Prey predator ratio; Quercus; Species richness; Tourist guild

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ACARI; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; COLLEMBOLA; ILEX; LETHRINIDAE; NEMATOCERA; PSOCOPTERA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS CERRIS; QUERCUS ILEX; QUERCUS PETRAEA; QUERCUS PUBESCENS; QUERCUS ROBUR; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 16244376765     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2005.009     Document Type: Article

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