Differences between forest type and vertical strata in the diversity and composition of hymenpteran families and mymarid genera in northeastern temperate forests

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1073-1083

  Vance, C C ^a   Smith, S M ^a   Malcolm, J R ^a   Huber, J ^b   Bellocq, M I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Canopy insects; Forest management; High taxa level; Insect conservation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; INSECT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE FOREST; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ACER; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PINE; WASP;

ACER; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONTARIO; PINUS; WASPS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; HEXAPODA; MYMARIDAE; PINUS STROBUS;

EID: 35648946920     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[1073:DBFTAV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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