The Effect of Road Proximity on Arthropod Communities in Yukon, Canada + Supplementary Appendix 1 (See Article Tools)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Ste-Marie, Eric, Turney, Shaun, Buddle, Christopher M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2018
• Subjects: roads; arthropods; entomology; northern; Subarctic; tundra; disturbance; insects; Hymenoptera; diversity; abundance; routes; arthropodes; entomologie; nord; subarctique; toundra; perturbation; insectes; hyménoptères; diversité; abondance; Arctic; Canada; Gravier; Northwest Territories; Soi; Yukon; Arctique*; subarctique*; Territoires du Nord-Ouest; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67740

Roads affect the ecosystems they traverse: road construction and maintenance constitute substantial disturbance, while roads and vehicles have hydrological, thermal, and other abiotic effects. Arthropod communities respond to these abiotic effects of roads, as well as to the indirect effects of vege...