Forest floor microarthropod abundance and oribatid mite (Acari: Oribatida) composition following partial and clear-cut harvesting in the mixedwood boreal forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 998-1006

  Lindo, Zoë ^a   Visser, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HARVESTING; SOIL MECHANICS;

COMMUNITY IMPACT; FOREST FLOORS; MICROANTHROPODS; SOIL SAMPLES;

FORESTRY;

ARTHROPOD; BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST FLOOR; HARVESTING;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; CONIFEROPHYTA; ORIBATIDA; PROSTIGMATA;

EID: 3042847547     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-284     Document Type: Article

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