Fuel reduction treatment and wildfire influence on carabid and tenebrionid community assemblages in the ponderosa pine forest of northern Arizona, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 225, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 168-177

  Chen, Zhong ^a   Grady, Kevin ^a   Stephens, Sky ^a   Villa Castillo, Jaime ^a   Wagner, Michael R ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Carabidae; Ecological indicators; Fuel reduction treatment; Ponderosa pine; Tenebrionidae; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FUELS; REDUCTION;

CARABIDAE; FUEL REDUCTION TREATMENT; PONDEROSA PINE; TENEBRIONIDAE; WILDFIRE;

BIODIVERSITY;

BEETLE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; WILDFIRE;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FUELS; REDUCTION;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANISODACTYLUS; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; ELEODES; HARPALUS; INVERTEBRATA; SYNUCHUS DUBIUS; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 33645076277     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.12.043     Document Type: Article

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