Energetic equivalence in a soil arthropod community from an aspen-conifer forest

Pedobiologia

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 307-312

  Meehan, Timothy D ^a   Drumm, Perrin K ^a   Schottland Farrar, R ^a   Oral, Kaan ^a   Lanier, Karen E ^a   Pennington, Elden A ^a   Pennington, Lindsey A ^a   Stafurik, Isabel T ^a   Valore, Dante V ^a   Wylie, Amanda D ^a  

^a Department of Sciences and Conservation Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Arthropods; Body mass; Energetic equivalence rule; Trophic group

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENERGETICS; ENERGY USE; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; TAXONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; CONIFEROPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; JATROPHA CARDIOPHYLLA;

EID: 33748116728     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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