Invertebrate populations of the deciduous forest
Subtitle: fluctations and relations to weather
By: S. Charles Kendeigh.
Series: Illinois biological monographs -- 50
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Urbana; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
Subjects: Invertebrate populations -- Illinois -- Urbana region.; Forest fauna -- Illinois -- Urbana region.; Invertebrate populations -- Case studies.; Forest fauna -- Case studies.; Urbana region, Ill. -- Climate.
Description: The major objectives of the present study are to analyze (a) the composition and relative population sizes of the larger invertebrate fauna of relatively undisturbed, near-virgin, stands of deciduous forest, (b) how the population size of each taxon fluctuates throughout the year, (c) how populations vary from year to year, and (d) how these fluctuations correlate with weather conditions. An attempt is made to show the relative importance of different weather variables and to provide equations for predicting population size when prevailing weather conditions are known.
Notes: Bibliography, p.101-104. - Includes index.