Local interactions in pitcher plant communities scale-up to regional patterns in distribution and abundance

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1464-1470

  Trzcinski, M Kurtis ^a,b   Walde, Sandra J ^a   Taylor, Philip D ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^c ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic microfauna; Flagellate; Rotifer; Spatial population dynamics; Spatial scaling

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; BOG; CARNIVOROUS PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BDELLOIDEA (ROTIFERA); BODONIDAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HABROTROCHA ROSA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); ROTIFERA; SARRACENIA PURPUREA; SARRACENIACEAE; WYEOMYIA SMITHII;

EID: 29544451431     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-34.6.1464     Document Type: Article

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