Age and distance effects on the canopy arthropod composition of old-growth and 100-year-old Eucalyptus obliqua trees

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 226, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 290-298

  Bar Ness, Y D ^a   Kirkpatrick, J B ^a   McQuillan, P B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canopy arthropods; Eucalyptus obliqua; Forest entomology; Geographic distance; Invertebrate trapping; Tasmania; Tree age

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; RAIN;

CANOPY ARTHROPODS; FOREST ENTOMOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTANCE; INVERTEBRATE TRAPPING; TREE AGE;

FORESTRY;

ARTHROPOD; BARK; DIVERSITY INDEX; SILVICULTURE; TREE;

BIODIVERSITY; EUCALYPTUS OBLIQUA; FORESTRY; RAIN;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

ARTHROPODA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS OBLIQUA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646476401     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.01.041     Document Type: Article

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