Effects of forest roads on macroinvertebrate soil fauna of the southern Appalachian Mountains

Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-63

  Haskell, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAUNA; INVERTEBRATE; NUTRIENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNITED STATES;

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ROAD; SOIL FAUNA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034074521     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.99232.x     Document Type: Article

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