Effect of drainage ditches on brachycera (Diptera) diversity in a Southern Quebec Peatland

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-172

  Grégoire Taillefer, Amélie ^a   Wheeler, Terry A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISTURBANCE; DIVERSITY INDEX; DRAINAGE; FLY; FOOD WEB; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; MOSS; NEARCTIC REGION; PEATLAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ARTHROPODA; BRACHYCERA; BRYOPHYTA; DIPTERA;

EID: 77952930637     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n09-062     Document Type: Article

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