Influence of invasive palms on terrestrial arthropod assemblages in desert spring habitat

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 518-525

  Holmquist, Jeffrey G ^a   Schmidt Gengenbach, Jutta ^a   Slaton, Michèle R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Death Valley National Park   (United States)

^c Inyo National Forest   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert springs; Indirect effects; Invasive palms; Isolated habitats; Shrubland; Terrestrial arthropod assemblage

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; COLONIZATION; DESERT; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWING SEASON; INVASIVE SPECIES; MONOCULTURE; NATIVE SPECIES; SHRUBLAND; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPRING WATER;

CALIFORNIA; DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA; WASHINGTONIA FILIFERA;

EID: 78751574015     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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