Responses of prairie arthropod communities to fire and fertilizer: Balancing plant and arthropod conservation

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-105

  Hartley, Maria K ^a   Rogers, William E ^a,c   Siemann, Evan ^a   Grace, James ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GRASSLAND; PRAIRIE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOODY PLANT;

GALVESTON COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 33846854684     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2007)157[92:ROPACT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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