Grasshopper abundance in an Arizona rangeland undergoing exurban development

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 640-647

  Bock, Carl E ^a   Jones, Zach F ^b   Bock, Jane H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrididae; Fire; Forbs; Grassland; Grazing; Livestock; Mesquite; Oak

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DECIDUOUS TREE; GRASSHOPPER; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT SELECTION; LEGUME; RANGELAND; SAVANNA; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACRIDIDAE; BOS TAURUS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; GOMPHOCERINAE; MELANOPLINAE; OEDIPODINAE; ORTHOPTERA; PROSOPIS;

EID: 33845483884     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/06-013R1.1     Document Type: Article

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