Short-term community-level response of arthropods to group selection with seed-tree retention in a northern hardwood forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 129-139

  Shields, Joshua M ^a   Webster, Christopher R ^a   Storer, Andrew J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Betula alleghaniensis; Buprestidae; Diversity; Ground dwelling arthropods; Red velvet mites; Rove beetles; Uneven aged management; Xiphydriidae

Indexed keywords

HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; INSECTICIDES;

GROUND DWELLING ARTHROPODS; UNEVEN AGED MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY;

ARTHROPOD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST; GROUP SELECTION; PITFALL TRAP; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; INSECTICIDES;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UPPER PENINSULA;

ACARI; ACRIDIDAE; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; BUPRESTIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; LYCOSIDAE; PARASITENGONA; SIRICOIDEA; STAPHYLINIDAE; TROMBIDIIDAE; XIPHYDRIIDAE;

EID: 38649091952     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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