Responses of terrestrial arthropods to air pollution: A meta-analysis

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 297-311

  Zvereva, Elena L ^a   Kozlov, Mikhail V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biodiversity; Climate; Ecosystem functions; Enemy free space; Fitness; Herbivore outbreaks; Meta analysis; Point polluters; Population density; Research bias; Soil arthropods; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARTHROPOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FITNESS; META-ANALYSIS; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL FAUNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; COLLEMBOLA; CONIFEROPHYTA; INSECTA;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL; ARACHNID; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC FITNESS; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT; META ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; REVIEW; SOIL; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; ARACHNIDA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC FITNESS; GEOGRAPHY; INSECTS; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL;

EID: 77649118069     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-009-0138-0     Document Type: Review

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