Effects of invasive eastern redcedar on capture rates of Nicrophorus americanus and other silphidae

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 297-307

  Walker Jr , Thomas L ^a   Hoback, W Wyatt ^b  

^a Nebraska Game and Parks Commission   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological response; Endangered species; Forestation

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CAPTURE METHOD; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTION; SHRUB;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BEETLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JUNIPERUS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BEETLES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; JUNIPERUS; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

GREAT PLAINS; LINCOLN COUNTY [NEBRASKA]; LOESS CANYON; NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA; NICROPHORUS AMERICANUS; NICROPHORUS ORBICOLLIS; SILPHIDAE;

EID: 34249009529     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[297:EOIERO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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