Arctic arthropod assemblages in habitats of differing shrub dominance

Ecography

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 994-1003

  Rich, Matthew E ^a   Gough, Laura ^a   Boelman, Natalie T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; CANOPY; DOMINANCE; FOOD WEB; GLOBAL WARMING; HABITAT TYPE; SAMPLING; SHRUB; SNOWMELT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TUNDRA;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; UNITED STATES;

APOIDEA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 85027950134     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.00078.x     Document Type: Article

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