Geographic patterns of ground-dwelling arthropods across an ecoregional transition in the north American Southwest

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-102

  Lightfoot, David C ^a   Brantley, Sandra L ^a   Allen, Craig D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biome transition; Crickets; Diversity; Ecoregion; Ecotone; Edge effect; Grasshoppers; Insects; Species; Spiders

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; GRYLLIDAE; HEXAPODA; TRACHEOPHYTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 42249107845     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2008)68[83:GPOGAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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