Temporal effects of selection logging on ground beetle communities in northern hardwood forests of eastern Canada

Ecoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-56

  Vance, Christine C ^a   Nol, Erica ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algonquin Park; Beetle abundance; Bulk density; Carabids; Ground beetles; Hardwood forests; Litter depth; Ontario; Selection logging; Soil moisture; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SELECTIVE LOGGING; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALGONQUIN PARK; CANADA; ONTARIO;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037277527     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2003.11682750     Document Type: Article

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