An experimental analysis of grasshopper community responses to fire and livestock grazing in a northern mixed-grass prairie

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1441-1446

  Branson, David H ^a,b   Sword, Gregory A ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire; livestock grazing; Orthoptera; population dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DIVERSITY INDEX; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FIRE; GRASSHOPPER; GRAZING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LIVESTOCK FARMING; POPULATION DENSITY; PRAIRIE; SAMPLING;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOTA; FIRE; GRASSHOPPER; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BIOTA; FIRES; GRASSHOPPERS; NORTH DAKOTA; POPULATION DENSITY;

GREAT PLAINS;

ORTHOPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77957760052     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN09378     Document Type: Article

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