Diversity, abundance and community network structure in sporocarp-associated beetle communities of the central Appalachian Mountains

Mycologia

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 785-802

  Epps, Mary Jane ^a   Arnold, A Elizabeth ^b  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Ephemeral resource; Erotylidae; Gyrophaenina; Host specificity; Interaction web; Megacollybia platyphylla; Mycophagy; Staphylinidae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FUNGUS; GENERALIST; HOST SPECIFICITY; MYCOPHAGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

APPALACHIANS;

AGARICALES; APHYLLOPHORALES; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; EROTYLIDAE; FUNGI; MEGACOLLYBIA PLATYPHYLLA; STAPHYLINIDAE; TRICHOLOMATACEAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY CARE; FUNGUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FUNGI;

EID: 77955876102     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/09-161     Document Type: Article

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