Local and landscape drivers of arthropod abundance, richness, and trophic composition in urban habitats

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 513-532

  Philpott, Stacy M ^a,c   Cotton, Julie ^b,d   Bichier, Peter ^a,c   Friedrich, Russell L ^a   Moorhead, Leigh C ^a,e   Uno, Shinsuke ^b,f   Valdez, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^f HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community gardens; Conservation; Forest; Habitat characteristics; Landscape; Urbanization; Vacant lots

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901187982     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-013-0333-0     Document Type: Article

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