Fire and fire surrogate treatment effects on leaf litter arthropods in a western Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 221, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 110-122

  Apigian, Kyle O ^a,b   Dahlsten, Donald L ^a   Stephens, Scott L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest restoration; Leaf litter arthropods; Pitfall trapping; Prescribed burn

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; MASTICATION;

LEAF LITTER ARTHROPODS; PITFALL TRAPPING;

FIRES;

ARTHROPOD; FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FIRES; FORESTRY;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 29744433714     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.09.009     Document Type: Article

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