Wetland isolation facilitates larval mosquito density through the reduction of predators

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 741-747

  Chase, Jonathan M ^a   Shulman, Rachel S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food webs; Habitat isolation; Metacommunities; Mosquitoes; Predation; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOOD WEB; LANDSCAPE; LARVA; MESOCOSM; MOSQUITO; POND; PREDATOR; WETLAND;

AMPHIBIA; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 70449416057     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2009.01128.x     Document Type: Article

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