Persistence of pyrophilous insects in fire-driven boreal forests: Population dynamics in burned and unburned habitats

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 713-720

  Saint Germain, Michel ^a,b   Drapeau, Pierre ^b   Buddle, Christopher M ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Forest fire; Habitat connectivity; Population dynamics; Pyrophilous insects

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BIOME; BOREAL FOREST; CONNECTIVITY; DEAD WOOD; FOREST FIRE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INSECT; LIFE CYCLE; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RARE SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SMOKE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; FENNOSCANDIA;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 44949131686     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00452.x     Document Type: Review

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