Simplifying assessment of forest management practices for invertebrates: How effective are higher taxon and habitat surrogates for spiders following prescribed burning?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 231, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 138-154

  Brennan, Karl E C ^a,b   Ashby, Lachlan ^a   Majer, Jonathan D ^a   Moir, Melinda L ^b   Koch, John M ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Environmental Department   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Assembly trajectories; Disturbance; Higher taxon surrogates; Pyric succession; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; VEGETATION;

ARTHROPODS; ASSEMBLY TRAJECTORIES; DISTURBANCE; HABITAT; HIGHER TAXON SURROGATES; PYRIC SUCCESSION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; BURNING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PITFALL TRAP; SPIDER; TAXONOMY; UNDERSTORY;

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INVERTEBRATES; PLANTS; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ARANEAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745954741     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.035     Document Type: Article

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