The influence of logs on the spatial distribution of litter-dwelling invertebrates and forest floor processes in new zealand forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 184, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 251-262

  Evans, Alison M ^a   Clinton, Peter W ^b   Allen, Robert B ^c   Frampton, Chris M ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cations; Forest; Invertebrates; Leaf litter; Logs; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FERMENTATION; NITROGEN; SOILS; VEGETATION; WOOD;

LOGS;

FORESTRY;

CARBON; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST FLOOR; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF LITTER;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

ACARI; AMPHINECTIDAE; ARANEAE; AVES; DALODESMIDAE; DIPLOPODA; DIPTERA; FAGUS; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; NEOBISIIDAE; NOTHOFAGUS FUSCA; PHLAEOTHRIPIDAE; PSEUDOSCORPIONES; THYSANURA;

EID: 0043241746     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00158-0     Document Type: Article

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