Life history, secondary production, and ecosystem significance of acridid grasshoppers in annually burned and unburned tallgrass prairie

American Entomologist

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 52-61

  Meyer, C K ^a   Whiles, M R ^b   Charlton, R E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4043161820     PISSN: 10462821     EISSN: 21559902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ae/48.1.52     Document Type: Article

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