Determinants of the detrital arthropod community structure: The effects of temperature and resources along an environmental gradient

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 333-343

  Lessard, Jean Philippe ^a   Sackett, Tara E ^c   Reynolds, William N ^b   Fowler, David A ^b   Sanders, Nathan J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DETRITIVORY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MICROCLIMATE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 79951743827     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18772.x     Document Type: Article

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