Invertebrate community response to a shifting mosaic of habitat

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-62

  Engle, David M ^a   Fuhlendorf, Samuel D ^b   Roper, Aaron ^b   Leslie Jr , David M ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem management; Equilibrium; Grasslands; Grazing; Heterogeneity; Landscape ecology; Patch dynamics; Plant animal interaction; Rangeland

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOOD CHAIN; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HABITAT; INVERTEBRATE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PATCH DYNAMICS; PRAIRIE; RANGELAND;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 38549153456     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/06-149R2.1     Document Type: Article

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