Potential contribution of respiration by Anabrus simplex (Mormon crickets) to net CO2 exchange in three great basin ecosystems

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-119

  Leffler, A Joshua ^a   Peek, Michael S ^a,b   Hipps, Larry ^a   Ivans, Sasha ^a,c   Ryel, Ronald J ^a   Caldwell, Martyn M ^a,d  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC INC   (United States)

^d NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Big sagebrush; Crested wheatgrass; Eddy covariance; Insect respiration; Mormon cricket; Net ecosystem exchange; Utah juniper

Indexed keywords

AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; ANABRUS SIMPLEX; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; HEXAPODA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OSTEOSPERMA;

EID: 34247567471     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2007)67[109:PCORBA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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