Structure and conservation of lepidopteran communities in managed forests of northeastern North America: A review

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 475-494

  Summerville, Keith S ^a   Crist, Thomas O ^b  

^a DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOREGION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LOGGING (TIMBER); MOTH; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORTH AMERICA;

FAGACEAE; GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; QUERCUS;

EID: 54749148227     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/N07-Ls06     Document Type: Conference Paper

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