Relationships between insect diversity and habitat characteristics in plantation forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-21

  Humphrey, J W ^a   Hawes, C ^a   Peace, A J ^a   Ferris Kaan, R ^a   Jukes, M R ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Diversity; Forest management; Indicators; Insects; Syrphidae

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GROUND COVER; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INSECT; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; PICEA; PINUS; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 0033521672     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00413-7     Document Type: Article

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