Headwater riparian forest-floor invertebrate communities associated with alternative forest management practices

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1168-1183

  Rykken, Jessica J ^a,c   Moldenke, Andrew R ^a   Olson, Deanna H ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecotone; Forest management strategies; Forest floor invertebrate communities; Headwater stream; Microclimate, Pacific Northwest, USA; Riparian reserves

Indexed keywords

BUFFER ZONE; CLEARCUTTING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONNECTIVITY; ECOTONE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HEADWATER; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MICROCLIMATE; NATURE RESERVE; PITFALL TRAP; REFUGIUM; RIPARIAN FOREST;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES; WILLAMETTE NATIONAL FOREST;

INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; INVERTEBRATE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; INVERTEBRATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES; WETLANDS;

EID: 34447121949     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0901     Document Type: Article

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