Predation of caterpillars on understory saplings in an Ozark forest

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 423-432

  Lichtenberg, Janene Shupe ^a,b,c   Lichtenberg, Dennis A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Wildlife Management Program ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; AVES; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMMALIA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 24344458913     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2003)002[0423:POCOUS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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