Patch size of forest openings and arthropod populations

Oecologia

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 325-334

  Shure, D J ^a   Phillips, D L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Disturbance; Patch dynamics; Southern Appalachian Mountains; Succession

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; FOREST; PATCH DYNAMICS;

USA, (SOUTHEAST), APPALACHIANS;

EID: 0025997814     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00317597     Document Type: Article

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