Direct and indirect effects of soil structure on the density of an antlion larva in a tropical dry forest

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 183-188

  Farji Brener, Alejandro G ^a   Carvajal, Dorian ^b   Gei, María Gabriela ^c   Olano, Juanita ^d   Sánchez, Juan David ^e  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b Escuela Tecnológica Nacional   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^d Universidad de Antioquia ^*  (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Costa Rica; Habitat selection; Indirect interactions; Myrmeleon crudelis; Path analysis; Structural equation model

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DRY FOREST; EQUATION; HABITAT SELECTION; INSECT; LARVA; MODELING; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL STRUCTURE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTHROPODA; COSTA (OSTRACODE); HEXAPODA; MYRMELEON CRUDELIS; MYRMELEONTIDAE; NEUROPTERA;

EID: 40349094564     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00948.x     Document Type: Article

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