Interactive effects of keystone rodents on the structure of desert grassland arthropod communities

Ecography

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 515-525

  Davidson, Ana D ^a,b   Lightfoot, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; CANID; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; GRASSHOPPER; GRASSLAND; HERBIVORY; KEYSTONE SPECIES; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NORTH AMERICA;

ARTHROPODA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS GUNNISONI; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS SPECTABILIS; FORMICIDAE; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 34547892219     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2007.0906-7590.05032.x     Document Type: Article

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