Response of the grasshopper Myrmeleotettix maculatus (Orthoptera: Acrididae) to invasion by the exotic moss Campylopus introflexus in acidic coastal dunes

Journal of Coastal Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 159-162

  Schirmel, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Coastal heath; Heath Star Moss; Pitfall trapping

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DUNE; GRASSHOPPER; HEATHLAND; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROCLIMATE; MOSS; PITFALL TRAP;

BALTIC COAST [GERMANY]; GERMANY; HIDDENSEE; MECKLENBURG-WEST POMERANIA;

ACRIDIDAE; ARTHROPODA; BRYOPHYTA; CAMPYLOPUS INTROFLEXUS; MYRMELEOTETTIX MACULATUS; ORTHOPTERA; POACEAE;

EID: 79551603391     PISSN: 14000350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11852-010-0129-9     Document Type: Article

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