Arthropods as ecological indicators of sustainability in Canadian forests

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 344-350

  Langor, David W ^a   Spence, John R ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Biodiversity; Ecological indicators; Monitoring; Sustainability; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; MONITORING;

ARTHROPODS; ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; LAND CLASSIFICATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

FORESTRY;

ARTHROPOD; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; MONITORING; TAXONOMY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 33745637920     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: 00157546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc82344-3     Document Type: Article

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