Responses of stream benthic macroinvertebrates to fire

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 178, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 155-161

  Minshall, G Wayne ^a  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Forest management; Salvage logging; Streams; Wildfire ecology

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; LOGGING (FORESTRY); RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

MACROINVERTEBRATES;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CHANNEL CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FIRE; FOOD WEB; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STREAM;

ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST FIRES; INVERTEBRATES; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; WATER BIOLOGY; WATER SHEDS;

(WEST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037737804     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00059-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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