Arthropod community diversity and trophic structure: A comparison between extremes of plant stress

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-11

  Trotter III, R Talbot ^a,b   Cobb, Neil S ^c   Whitham, Thomas G ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod community; Climate change; Community structure; Diversity; Pinyon pine; Plant stress; Plant vigour

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; PINUS EDULIS;

EID: 38349168149     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00941.x     Document Type: Article

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