Relations between forest management and slug assemblages (Gastropoda) of deciduous regrowth forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 237, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 450-457

  Kappes, Heike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acidification; Disturbance; Habitat heterogeneity; Mesoclimate; Recolonization; Resilience

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PH EFFECTS;

HABITAT HETEROGENEITY; MESOCLIMATE; RECOLONIZATION;

FORESTRY;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; REGROWTH; SLUG; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

DEFORESTATION; E I S; FORESTRY; PH;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

AGRIOLIMACIDAE; ARION LUSITANICUS; ARION SILVATICUS; ARIONIDAE; GASTROPODA; HELICOIDEA; LEHMANNIA MARGINATA; LIMACIDAE; LIMACOIDEA; LIMAX; MALACOLIMAX TENELLUS;

EID: 34247898665     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.09.067     Document Type: Article

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