Biodiversity of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and spiders (Araneae) across a tallgrass prairie - Aspen forest ecotone in southern Manitoba

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 545-567

  Roughley, Robert E ^a   Pollock, Darren A ^a,b   Wade, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; ECOTONE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GRASS; GRASSLAND; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; PITFALL TRAP; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIDER;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; WINNIPEG;

ACULEATA; AGONUM PLACIDUM; AGROECA ORNATA; ALOPECOSA; ARANEAE; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PARDOSA MOESTA; PTEROSTICHUS CAUDICALIS; SYNUCHUS IMPUNCTATUS;

EID: 33750688860     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/N06-809     Document Type: Conference Paper

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