Anthropogenic Islands in the Arid West: Comparing the richness and diversity of insect communities in cultivated fields and neighboring wildlands

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1028-1037

  Forister, Matthew L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecology; Agroecosystem; Cross boundary; Great basin; Spillover

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGROECOLOGY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSECT; ISLAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPILLOVER EFFECT; WILDERNESS AREA;

AGRICULTURE; ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHY; INSECTS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NEVADA; TIME FACTORS;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; GREAT BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; HEXAPODA; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 69949086108     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0410     Document Type: Article

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