Habitat and species identity, not diversity, predict the extent of refuse consumption by urban arthropods

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1103-1115

  Youngsteadt, Elsa ^a   Henderson, Ryanna C ^a,b   Savage, Amy M ^a   Ernst, Andrew F ^a   Dunn, Robert R ^a   Frank, Steven D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina Piedmont Triad   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Arthropods; Biodiversity; Ecosystem service; Hurricane; Urban food waste; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HABITAT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBANIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; RATTUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TETRAMORIUM; TETRAMORIUM CAESPITUM; VERTEBRATA;

SOLID WASTE;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; CITY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; SOLID WASTE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIODIVERSITY; CITIES; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; NEW YORK CITY; SOLID WASTE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84923107777     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12791     Document Type: Article

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