Response of a terrestrial mollusc community to an autumn prescribed burn in a rare wetland prairie of western Oregon, USA

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-187

  Severns, Paul M ^a,b  

^a US Army Corps of Engineers   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; MOLLUSC; PRAIRIE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CATINELLA (GASTROPOD); CATINELLA RHEDERI; DEROCERAS RETICULATUM; MOLLUSCA; MONADENIA FIDELIS; VERTIGO MODESTA;

EID: 18844451815     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eyi021     Document Type: Article

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