Forest management and curculionid weevil diversity in mixed oak forests of southeastern Ohio

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 363-369

  Lombarde, Jeffrey A ^a   McCarthy, Brian C ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Curculionidae; Fire; Forest management; Quercus

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOME; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DOMINANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FRUIT; MIXED FOREST; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RARE SPECIES; REGENERATION; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; CONOTRACHELUS; CURCULIO; CURCULIONIDAE; QUERCUS;

EID: 55849117372     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/0885-8608(2008)28[363:FMACWD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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