Spatial and temporal patterns in insect emergence from a southern Maine salt marsh

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 257-269

  MacKenzie, Richard A ^a,b  

^a Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EMERGENCE; INSECT; SALTMARSH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

LITTLE RIVER ESTUARY; MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS SP.; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; TANYTARSUS;

EID: 17644369324     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2005)153[0257:SATPII]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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