Effects of livestock grazing on grasshopper abundance on a native rangeland in Montana

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 775-786

  O'Neill, Kevin M ^a   Olson, Bret E ^a   Wallander, Roseann ^a   Rolston, Marni G ^a   Seibert, Catherine E ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Grassland; Grazing; Microclimate; Pest management

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SITE; CATTLE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GRASSHOPPER; GRAZING; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; MICROCLIMATE; OVIPOSITION; PEST CONTROL; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; RANGELAND; VEGETATION COVER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; GRASSHOPPER; MICROCLIMATE; PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED STATES; BOVINE; CAELIFERA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; GRASSHOPPERS; MICROCLIMATE; MONTANA; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY;

MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; BOS; MELANOPLUS GLADSTONI; MELANOPLUS SANGUINIPES;

EID: 77953167003     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN09173     Document Type: Article

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