Habitat associations of saproxylic beetles in the southeastern United States: A comparison of forest types, tree species and wood postures

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 653-664

  Ulyshen, Michael D ^a   Hanula, James L ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coarse woody debris; Dead wood; Forest canopy; Resource partitioning; Vertical stratification

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEBRIS; ECOLOGY; HARDWOODS; LANDFORMS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; OCEAN HABITATS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WOOD;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DEAD WOOD; FOREST CANOPY; RESOURCE PARTITIONING; VERTICAL STRATIFICATION;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEAD WOOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NICHE PARTITIONING; SAPROXYLIC ORGANISM; SNAG; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; STRATIFICATION;

BIODIVERSITY; DEAD WOOD; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRATIFICATION;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; LIQUIDAMBAR; LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA; PINUS TAEDA; QUERCUS NIGRA;

EID: 56649095800     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.047     Document Type: Article

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