Effect of microhabitat complexity on the local distribution of arthropods in clear-cuts

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1324-1333

  Nittérus, Karolina ^a   Gunnarsson, Bengt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Logging residue; Lycosidae; Slash; Structural complexity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; BEETLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPLEXITY; LOGGING (TIMBER); MICROHABITAT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPIDER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; LYCOSIDAE;

EID: 33845243568     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2006)35[1324:EOMCOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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