The importance of sward architectural complexity in structuring predatory and phytophagous invertebrate assemblages

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 302-311

  Woodcock, B A ^a   Potts, S G ^a   Westbury, D B ^a   Ramsay, A J ^a   Lambert, M ^a   Harris, S J ^a   Brown, V K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Araneae; Coleoptera; Heteroptera; Plant community assemblage; Species richness

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMPLEXITY; INSECT; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PREDATOR; SPECIES RICHNESS; SWARD;

ARANEAE; COLEOPTERA; HETEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 34249790260     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00869.x     Document Type: Article

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