Patterns of microarthropod abundance in oak-hickory forest ecosystems in relation to prescribed fire and landscape position

Pedobiologia

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-8

  Dress, William J ^a,b   Boerner, Ralph E J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Landscape; Litter; Microarthropods; Oribatidae; Prescribed fire

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SOIL FAUNA;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; COLLEMBOLA; ORIBATIDA; QUERCUS;

EID: 1442314088     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2003.03.001     Document Type: Article

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