Ground flora and associated arthropod communities of forest road edges in Connemara, Ireland

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-101

  Mullen, K ^a,b   Fahy, O ^a   Gormally, Mike ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Conifer plantations; Forest roads; Ground flora; Invertebrates; Species richness; Western Ireland

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; FOREST EDGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTHROPODA; CONIFEROPHYTA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037259339     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021224112053     Document Type: Article

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