Rove beetles and ground beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Carabidae) as indicators of harvest and regeneration practices in western Canadian foothills forests

Biological Conservation

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 294-307

  Pohl, Gregory R ^a   Langor, David W ^a   Spence, John R ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Biodiversity; Chronosequence; Edge effects; Forest management

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE; BEETLE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOINDICATOR; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HARVESTING; NEW SPECIES; REGENERATION; STAND STRUCTURE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 34247169400     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.02.011     Document Type: Article

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