Foliage Arthropod Biomass Equations for Open Vegetation Conditions of the Pacific Coast Range

IF 0.5 4区环境科学与生态学 Q4 ECOLOGY

Northwest Science Pub Date : 2019-09-25 DOI:10.3955/046.093.0206

C. Loehle, Melissa A. Scherr, Jake Verschuyl

引用次数: 1

Abstract

Abstract Field studies of arthropod abundance may also need to know biomass. Biomass is used in studies of food web structure and tropic cascades, and for estimating vertebrate food sources and plant damage from herbivory. Weighing individual insects is time-consuming and body length is a more practical field measurement. We develop an allometric equation for arthropod biomass (wet and dry weight) as a function of length for application to field studies in the Pacific Coast region, USA. Our results are consistent with prior all-taxa equations.

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Northwest Science 环境科学-生态学

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1.30

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0.00%

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>36 weeks

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