Effect of fire retardant application on heathland surface-dwelling families of the Order Coleoptera (beetles) in Victoria, Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 253, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 232-243

  Collett, N G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Disturbance; Fire retardant; Heathland; Invertebrates; Scydmaenidae

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; TAXONOMIES;

COLEOPTERA; DISTURBANCE; HEATHLAND; INVERTEBRATE ACTIVITY; SCYDMAENIDAE;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

BEETLE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HEATHLAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

FLAME RETARDANTS; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GIPPSLAND; GRAMPIANS [VICTORIA]; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CRYPTOPHAGIDAE; ELATERIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PSELAPHIDAE; SCYDMAENIDAE; STAPHYLINIDAE; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 36048944327     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.07.025     Document Type: Article

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