The role of invertebrates in the grassland biome

Title	The role of invertebrates in the grassland biome
Publication Type	Conference Proceedings
Year of Publication	1971
Authors	McDaniel B
Editor	French NR
Conference Name	Preliminary Analysis of Structure and Function in Grasslands: Proceedings of Symposium Entitled "The Grassland Biome: Analysis and synthesis of First Year Data"
Series Title	Range Science Department Science Series 10
Pagination	267-316
Date Published	September 1, 197
Publisher	Colorado State University
Conference Location	Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Keywords	abstract, abstracts, conference, conference proceedings, conferences, grassland,invertebrate, grazing,effect on invertebrates, invertebrate,grassland, invertebrate,list, list,invertebrate, proceeding, proceedings
Abstract	Intraseasonal dynamics of the density of important invertebrate taxa are discussed for areas which are grazed and ungrazed by large herbivores at five sites in the U.S. IBP Grassland Biome. Ecological characteristics of the important families are discussed in relation to the 1970 intraseasonal dynamics. Principal component analyses for density and standing crop of invertebrate families are presented. Analyses of variance of density and standing crop of invertebrate taxa and standing crops of important families and trophic levels using time-weighted means for the potential growing season are presented and discussed. From these studies 15 invertebrate taxas emerged as requiring more intensive study. These are Acarina, Araneida, Coccinellidae (Coleoptera), Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera), Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera), Entomobryidae (Collembola), Lygaeidae (Hemiptera), Miridae (Hemiptera), Tingidae (Hemiptera), Cicadellidae (Homoptera), Pseudococcidea (Homoptera), Formicidae (hymenoptera), Acrididae (Orthoptera), Gryllidae (Orthoptera), and Thysanoptera.
Custom 1	Fort Collins, Colorado