Comparison of Coleoptera assemblages from a recently burned and unburned black spruce forests of northeastern North America

Biological Conservation

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 583-592

  Saint Germain, Michel ^a   Drapeau, Pierre ^a   Hébert, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Fire associated Coleoptera; Forest fires; Habitat selection; Salvage logging

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST FIRE; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; STAND STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA;

COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; POLYGRAPHUS RUFIPENNIS;

EID: 2042457600     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2003.10.007     Document Type: Article

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