Arthropod food web restoration following removal of an invasive wetland plant

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 622-631

  Gratton, Claudio ^a   Denno, Robert F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloway Creek Watershed, New Jersey, USA; Phragmites; Salt marsh; Spartina; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; SEA WATER;

ARTHROPOD; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOOD WEB; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC INTERACTION; WETLAND;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CHAIN; POACEAE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; NEW JERSEY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POACEAE; SEAWATER;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARANEAE; ARCHAEORRHYNCHA; ARTHROPODA; DELPHACIDAE; MIRIDAE; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 33646157288     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[0622:AFWRFR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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