Terrestrial arthropods of pre- and post-eruption Kasatochi Island, Alaska, 2008-2009: A shift from a plant-based to a necromass-based food web

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 297-305

  Sikes, Derek S ^a   Slowik, Jozef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FOOD WEB; HETEROTROPHY; KELP FOREST; PREDATOR; SURVIVAL; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TYPE SPECIMEN; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; ANDREANOF ISLANDS; KASATOCHI ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

AEGIALITES; ARTHROPODA; AVES; COELOPIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEPIALIDAE; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; LESTREMIA; PHYGADEUON; SALPINGIDAE; SCATHOPHAGA; STHENOPIS QUADRIGUTTATUS;

EID: 77955901700     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-42.3.297     Document Type: Article

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