Effects of low severity burning after clear-cutting on mid-boreal ant communities in the two years after fire

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-175

  Gibb, Heloise ^a   Hjältán, Joakim ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ant community; Boreal forest; Clear cut; Fire; Forest management

Indexed keywords

ANT; BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

FORMICIDAE; LEPTOTHORAX ACERVORUM;

EID: 34147148739     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-006-9033-x     Document Type: Article

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