Insect community composition and trophic guild structure in decaying logs from eastern Canadian pine-dominated forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 225, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 190-199

  Vanderwel, Mark C ^a   Malcolm, Jay R ^a   Smith, Sandy M ^a   Islam, Nurul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Fungivores; Larval trophic guilds; Log decay classes; Pine; Saproxylic insects

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); ECOLOGY; FUNGI; LOGGING (FORESTRY);

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; FUNGIVORES; LARVAL TROPHIC GUILDS; LOG DECAY CLASSES; PINE; SAPROXYLIC INSECTS;

FORESTRY;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; INSECT; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

DECAY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FUNGI; LOGGING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PINUS STROBUS;

EID: 33645081223     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.12.051     Document Type: Article

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