Effects of fire disturbance on grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae) assemblages of the Comanche National Grasslands, Colorado

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 2-12

  Nadeau, Lucanus ^a   Cushing, Paula E ^b   Kondratieff, Boris C ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Grasshoppers; Prescribed burns; Shortgrass

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; GRASSHOPPER; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPRING (SEASON);

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACRIDIDAE; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 33644586701     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2317/0406.02.1     Document Type: Article

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