Rainfall-contingent detection of fire impacts: Responses of beetles to experimental fire regimes

Ecological Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 86-96

  Blanche, K R ^a   Andersen, A N ^a   Ludwig, J A ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beetle assemblages; Canonical correspondence analysis; Experimental fire regimes; Fire intensity; Fire season; Kakadu National Park, Australia; Mantel test; Ordination; Rainfall contingent detection of fire impacts; Repeated measures analysis of variance; Taxonomic sufficiency; Tropical savanna

Indexed keywords

ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; BEETLE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FIRE; RAINFALL;

AUSTRALIA; KAKADU NATIONAL PARK; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 0035151009     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[0086:RCDOFI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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