Arthropod biodiversity after forest fires: Winners and losers in the winter fire regime of the southern Alps

Ecography

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-186

  Moretti, Marco ^a   Obrist, Martin K ^a   Duelli, Peter ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ACULEATA; APOIDEA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; BUPRESTIDAE; CARABIDAE; CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; FORMICIDAE; HETEROPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; LUCANIDAE; NEUROPTERA; SYRPHIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 16244376240     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2004.03660.x     Document Type: Article

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