THE CONVERGENCE OF HABITAT STRUCTURE IN TUNDRA COLLEMBOLAN COMMUNITIES (INSECTA: ORDER COLLEMBOLA)

• Published in: The Canadian Entomologist
• Main Authors: Toda, Masanori J., Tanno, Kouzou
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1983
• Subjects: Insect Science; Molecular Biology; Physiology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Structural Biology; Canada; Mackenzie Delta; Tuktoyaktuk; Barrow; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/ent1151129-9; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X00035367

Abstract Habitat structure of two collembolan communities, one at Barrow, Alaska, U.S.A., the other at Tuktoyaktuk in the Mackenzie Delta, Canada, has been analyzed in relation to microtopographies characteristic of tundra regions. Multivariate statistical techniques, cluster analyses (UPGMA), and p...