Search Results - "BANGERT, R.K"

Conservation of prairie dog ecosystem engineering may support arthropod beta and gamma diversity by Bangert, R.K., Slobodchikoff, C.N.

“…Ecosystem engineering by animals can create new habitats and increase the heterogeneity of the habitat mosaic that in turn can increase plant and animal…”
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Prairie dog engineering indirectly affects beetle movement behavior by Bangert, R.K., Slobodchikoff, C.N.

“…Previous studies have shown that landscape structure influences animal movement and population structure. In this study, we show an indirect interaction…”
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Plant genetics predicts intra-annual variation in phytochemistry and arthropod community structure by WIMP, G.M, WOOLEY, S, BANGERT, R.K, YOUNG, W.P, MARTINSEN, G.D, KEIM, P, REHILL, B, LINDROTH, R.L, WHITHAM, T.G

“…With the emerging field of community genetics, it is important to quantify the key mechanisms that link genetics and community structure. We studied…”
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genetic similarity rule determines arthropod community structure by Bangert, R.K, Turek, R.J, Rehill, B, Wimp, G.M, Schweitzer, J.A, Allan, G.J, Bailey, J.K, Martinsen, G.D, Keim, P, Lindroth, R.L, Whitham, T.G

“…We define a genetic similarity rule that predicts how genetic variation in a dominant plant affects the structure of an arthropod community. This rule applies…”
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Genetic structure of a foundation species: scaling community phenotypes from the individual to the region by Bangert, R.K, Lonsdorf, E.V, Wimp, G.M, Shuster, S.M, Fischer, D, Schweitzer, J.A, Allan, G.J, Bailey, J.K, Whitham, T.G

“…Understanding the local and regional patterns of species distributions has been a major goal of ecological and evolutionary research. The notion that these…”
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From genes to geography: a genetic similarity rule for arthropod community structure at multiple geographic scales by BANGERT, R.K, ALLAN, G.J, TUREK, R.J, WIMP, G.M, MENESES, N, MARTINSEN, G.D, KEIM, P, WHITHAM, T.G

“…We tested the hypothesis that leaf modifying arthropod communities are correlated with cottonwood host plant genetic variation from local to regional scales…”
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The Gunnison's prairie dog structures a high desert grassland landscape as a keystone engineer by Bangert, R.K, Slobodchikoff, C.N

“…The influence of landscape spatial structure on ecological processes has recently received much attention. Comparisons are made here between the spatial…”
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