Response of forest soil Acari to prescribed fire following stand structure manipulation in the southern Cascade Range

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 956-968

  Camann, Michael A ^a   Gillette, Nancy E ^b   Lamoncha, Karen L ^b   Mori, Sylvia R ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FIRES; FORESTRY; GROWTH KINETICS;

GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS; STAND STRUCTURE MANIPULATION;

SOILS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMINANCE; FOREST SOIL; GROWTH RESPONSE; MITE; POPULATION DECLINE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SOIL FAUNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND STRUCTURE;

BIODIVERSITY; FIRES; FORESTS; SOIL;

CALIFORNIA; CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 44449139444     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-241     Document Type: Article

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