Geological age, ecosystem development, and local resource constraints on arthropod community structure in the Hawaiian Islands

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 551-570

  Gruner, Daniel S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy arthropod community structure; Evolutionary lineage; Geological chronosequence; Mesic forest ecosystems; Metrosideros polymorpha; Nutrient availability; Productivity; Species diversity and richness; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; CHRONOSEQUENCE; DICOTYLEDON; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT QUALITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KAUAI; MOLOKAI; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; METROSIDEROS POLYMORPHA; MYA; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 33847225603     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00748.x     Document Type: Article

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