The Effect of Ecosystem Stress on the Abundance and Biomass of Carahidae (Coleoptera) on the Shortgrass Prairie 12
- 1 February 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Environmental Entomology
- Vol. 7 (1) , 88-92
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/7.1.88
Abstract
Shortgrass prairie carabids responded positively to ecosystem stress in the form of water and/or nitrogen by tending to concentrate within replicated plots receiving water treatment and within those which received both water and nitrogen. Statistical analyses were carried out on 3 of the most abundant species, Harpalus desertus, Selenophorus planipennis , and Stenolophus rotundatus . Concentrations of H. desertus occurred in the nitrogen and water plus nitrogen plots, whereas those of S. planipennis and S. rotundatus were found primarily in the water plus nitrogen plots.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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