Effects of livestock grazing on aboveground insect communities in semi-arid grasslands of southeastern Arizona

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2547-2564

  Debano, Sandra J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Grasslands; Insect communities; Insect conservation; Livestock grazing

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; INSECT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MAMMAL; NATURE CONSERVATION; SEMIARID REGION;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BISON; BOS TAURUS; COLEOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33749591508     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-2786-9     Document Type: Article

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