The proportion of three foundation plant species and their genotypes influence an arthropod community: Restoration implications for the endangered southwestern willow flycatcher

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 447-456

  Bangert, Randy ^a   Ferrier, Sharon M ^a   Evans, Luke ^a,b   Kennedy, Karla ^a   Grady, Kevin C ^a   Hersch Green, Erika ^a,c   Allan, Gerard J ^a   Whitham, Thomas G ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lower Colorado River; Populus fremontii; Salix exigua; Salix gooddingii

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ARTHROPOD; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENOTYPE; HETEROGENEITY; PASSERINE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA];

ARTHROPODA; CANIS LATRANS; EMPIDONAX TRAILLII; POPULUS; POPULUS FREMONTII; SALIX; SALIX EXIGUA; SALIX GOODDINGII;

EID: 84880038162     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2012.00910.x     Document Type: Article

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