Interactions among fire, aspen, and elk affect insect diversity: Reversal of a community response

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1701-1712

  Bailey, Joseph K ^a   Whitham, Thomas G ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Community ecology; Direct and indirect interactions; Diversity; Fire; Habitat mosaics; Herbivory; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; FIRE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; INSECT; REGENERATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CERVUS ELAPHUS; INSECTA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0038561215     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1701:IAFAAE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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