Effects of fire on grasshopper assemblages in a northern mixed-grass prairie

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1109-1113

  Branson, David H ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrididae; Fire; Gomphocerinae; Grasshopper; Mixed grass prairie

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FIRE; GRASSHOPPER; GRASSLAND; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACRIDIDAE; GOMPHOCERINAE; POACEAE;

EID: 26444463857     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/34.5.1109     Document Type: Article

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