Herbivorous insect response to group selection cutting in a southeastern bottomland hardwood forest

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 395-402

  Ulyshen, Michael D ^a   Hanula, James L ^a   Horn, Scott ^a   Kilgo, John C ^a   Moorman, Christopher E ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest management; Forest openings; Selection cutting; Uneven aged silviculture

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CANOPY GAP; CLIPPING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HERBIVORE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 16844383438     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-34.2.395     Document Type: Article

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