Effect of gap harvesting on epiphytes and bark-dwelling arthropods in the Acadian forest of central Maine

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2175-2187

  Miller, Kathryn M ^a   Wagner, Robert G ^a   Woods, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HARVESTING; TEXTURES;

EPIPHYTES; GAP HARVESTING; STEM DIAMETER; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; BARK; BRYOPHYTE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; DECIDUOUS TREE; EPIPHYTE; HARVESTING; HEIGHT; STEM; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ACER RUBRUM; BIODIVERSITY; FORESTS; HARVESTING;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; ACER; ACER RUBRUM; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CLADONIA; COLLEMBOLA; DIPTERA; NEMATOCERA;

EID: 38849170568     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-022     Document Type: Article

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