Seasonal Distribution and Diversity of Ground Arthropods in Microhabitats Following a Shrub Plantation Age Sequence in Desertified Steppe

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Liu, Rentao ^a   Zhu, Fan ^a   Song, Naiping ^a   Yang, Xinguo ^a   Chai, Yongqing ^a  

^a NINGXIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CARABIDAE; CARAGANA KOUSHINSKII; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURCULIONIDAE; DESERTIFICATION; MELOLONTHIDAE; MICROHABITAT; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; PLANT AGE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRUB; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPRING; STEPPE; SUMMER; TENEBRIONIDAE; VEGETATIVE STAGE;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CARAGANA; CHINA; DESERT CLIMATE; INSECTS; SEASONS;

EID: 84886930675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077962     Document Type: Article

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