Arthropod assemblages are best predicted by plant species composition

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 782-794

  Schaffers, André P ^a   Raemakers, Ivo P ^a   Sýkora, Karlè V ^a   Ter Braak, Cajo J F ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bio assessment; Co correspondence analysis; Community structure; Diversity; Functional groups; Grasslands; Insect ecology; Landscape composition; Plant community; Plant insect interactions; Species environment relationships; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; GRASSLAND; HEATHLAND; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SPIDER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; MALE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; INSECTS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIDERS;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

APOIDEA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; AUCHENORRHYNCHA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 42249088761     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0361.1     Document Type: Article

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