Arthropod communities on creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) in desert patches of varying degrees of urbanization

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2185-2206

  Rango, Jessamy J ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod communities; Community composition; Creosote bush; Larrea tridentata; Sonoran desert; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DESERT; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBANIZATION;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARIDA; ARTHROPODA; LARREA; LARREA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 23744448403     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-4669-x     Document Type: Article

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