The short-term impact of forest fire on soil invertebrates in the miombo

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3153-3160

  Sileshi, G ^a,b   Mafongoya, P L ^a  

^a Zambia ICRAF Agroforestry Project   (Zambia)

^b NONE   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Forest fire; Macrofauna; Miombo; Soil invertebrates

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOREST FIRE; INVERTEBRATE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; TAXONOMY; WOODLAND;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

ANNELIDA; ARACHNIDA; CHILOPODA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 33750706232     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-5411-z     Document Type: Article

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