Effects of even-aged and uneven-aged timber management on dung beetle community attributes in a Missouri Ozark forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 536-545

  Masís, Alejandro ^a   Marquis, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Disturbance; Dung beetles; Even aged management; Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project MOFEP; Scarabaeoidea; Uneven aged management

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MANAGEMENT; TIMBER;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; DUNG BEETLES; EVEN-AGED MANAGEMENT; MISSOURI OZARK FOREST ECOSYSTEM PROJECT MOFEP; SCARABAEOIDEA; UNEVEN-AGED MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PITFALL TRAP; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIMBER; TIMBER HARVESTING;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; HARVESTING; INSECTS; LOGGING;

ARKANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; OZARK NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

ATEUCHUS; COLEOPTERA; ONTHOPHAGUS; ONTHOPHAGUS TAURUS; ONTHOPHAGUS TUBERCULIFRONS; SCARABAEOIDEA;

EID: 56649091197     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.036     Document Type: Article

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