Higher taxa as surrogates of species richness of spiders in insect-resistant transgenic rice

Insect Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 419-425

  Lin, Sheng ^a   You, Min Sheng ^a   Vasseur, Liette ^a,b   Yang, Guang ^a   Liu, Feng Jing ^a   Guo, Feng ^a  

^a FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Araneae; Biodiversity surrogate; Ecological risk assessment; Higher taxon surrogacy; Rapid biodiversity assessment; Taxonomic resolution

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84861483944     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2011.01474.x     Document Type: Article

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