Response of macroarthropod assemblages to the loss of hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), a foundation species

Ecosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Sackett, Tara E ^a,c   Record, Sydne ^b   Bewick, Sharon ^a   Baiser, Benjamin ^b   Sanders, Nathan J ^a   Ellison, Aaron M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adelges tsugae; Araneae; Coleoptera; Community assembly; Competition; Formicidae; Foundation species; Invasive species; Massachusetts; Nestedness; Tsuga canadensis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866403169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES11-00155.1     Document Type: Article

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