Ecology of herbivorous arthropods in urban landscapes

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2010, Pages 19-38

  Raupp, Michael J ^a   Shrewsbury, Paula M ^a   Herms, Daniel A ^b  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bottom up; Defense free space; Ecosystem processes; Top down; Urbanization gradient

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; CITY; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; CITIES; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 77449120831     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-112408-085351     Document Type: Review

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