Responses of plants and arthropods to burning and disking of riparian habitats

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1949-1957

  Benson, Thomas J ^a,b   Dinsmore, James J ^a   Hohman, William L ^a,c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Burning; Disking; Emergency Wetlands Reserve Program; Grassland; Iowa; Riparian habitats; Vegetation management; Wetlands Reserve Program

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; BIOMASS; BURNING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

IOWA; MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; HEMIPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; POACEAE;

EID: 48249111313     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-412     Document Type: Article

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