Long-term exposure to elevated CO2 in a Florida scrub-oak forest increases herbivore densities but has no effect on other arthropod guilds

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 152-156

  Stiling, Peter ^a   Forkner, Rebecca ^b   Drake, Bert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Detritivores; Elevated CO2; Herbivores; Insect abundance; Insectivores; Kennedy Space Center; Long term effects; Scrub oak forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952175180     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2010.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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