Structural indicators of spider communities across the forest plantation cycle

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 212, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 171-183

  Oxbrough, Anne G ^a   Gittings, Tom ^a   O'Halloran, John ^a   Giller, Paul S ^a   Smith, George F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Forest development; Plantation forest; Spider assemblages; Structural indicators; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; VEGETATION; WOOD;

FOREST DEVELOPMENT; LITTER COVER; PLANTATION FORESTS; SPECIES;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANTATION; SPIDER;

ARACHNIDS; BIODIVERSITY; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST LITTER; FORESTS; PLANTATIONS; PLANTS; WOOD;

ARANEAE; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 20444397783     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.03.040     Document Type: Article

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