Effects of bird predation on canopy arthropods in wandoo Eucalyptus wandoo woodland

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 349-360

  Recher, H F ^a,c   Majer, J D ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthropod abundance; Arthropod size class; Eucalypt forest; Exclosure; Spider; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CANOPY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PREDATION; PREDATOR; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; AVES; COLEOPTERA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS WANDOO; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 33645848147     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01555.x     Document Type: Article

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