Effects of clearcutting and riparian buffers on the yield of adult aquatic macroinvertebrates from headwater streams

Forest Science

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 308-319

  Moldenke, Andrew R ^a   Ver Linden, Carolyn ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergence traps; Ephemeroptera; Forest canopy; Plecoptera; Trichoptera

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; RIVERS;

EMERGENCE TRAPS; EPHEMEROPTERA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTS; RIVERS;

CONIFEROPHYTA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 34147130291     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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