Arthropod responses to harvesting and wildfire: Implications for emulation of natural disturbance in forest management

Biological Conservation

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 346-357

  Buddle, Christopher M ^a   Langor, David W ^b   Pohl, Greg R ^b   Spence, John R ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beetles; Biodiversity; Boreal forests; Coarse filter management; Natural disturbance hypothesis; Spiders

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; WILDFIRE;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 29944439584     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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