Direct and indirect effects of avian predation on grasshopper communities in northern mixed-grass prairie

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1114-1121

  Branson, David H ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrididae; Birds; Grasshopper populations; Grasslands; Predation

Indexed keywords

EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; GRASSHOPPER; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACRIDIDAE; AVES;

EID: 26444583383     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/34.5.1114     Document Type: Article

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