The effect of forest type on benthic macroinvertebrate structure and ecological function in a pine plantation in the North Carolina Piedmont

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 559, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 305-318

  Goodman, Keli J ^a   Hershey, Anne E ^b   Fortino, Kenneth ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Macroinvertebrate structure; Piedmont; Pine plantation; Stable isotopes; Timber harvest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; HARDWOODS; STREAM FLOW;

MACROINVERTEBRATE STRUCTURES; PIEDMONT; PINE PLANTATION; STABLE ISOTOPES; TIMBER HARVEST;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; STREAM; TIMBER HARVESTING; ZOOBENTHOS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; STREAM FLOW;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 32144431974     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-0990-y     Document Type: Article

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