Soil arthropod responses to different patch types in a mixed-conifer forest of the Sierra Nevada

Forest Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-265

  Marra, James L ^a   Edmonds, Robert L ^b  

^a Plant Protection Division   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Mites; Pretreatment data; Soil invertebrates; Teakettle Project

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FIRES; SOILS;

MICROINVERTEBRATES; MIXED-CONIFER FORESTS; PRETREATMENT DIVERSITY; SOIL ARTHROPODS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST FIRES; FORESTS; METEOROLOGY; SOIL;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; CEANOTHUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 20444397419     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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