Effects of green-tree retention on abundance and guild composition of corticolous arthropods

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 850-859

  Halaj, Juraj ^a   Halpern, Charles B ^b   Yi, Hoonbok ^c  

^a Cascadien Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod community structure; Avian food resources; Brown creeper (Certhia americana); Tree bark; Trophic interactions; Variable retention harvest

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; AVIAN FOOD RESOURCES; BROWN CREEPER (CERTHIA AMERICANA); TREE BARK; TROPHIC INTERACTIONS; VARIABLE-RETENTION HARVEST;

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; ECOLOGY; HARVESTING;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SEASON; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INSECT;

BASAL AREA; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; HARVESTERS; PLANTATIONS; POLLUTION CONTROL;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; AVES; CERTHIA AMERICANA; COLEOPTERA; COLLEMBOLA; DIPLOPODA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LINYPHIIDAE; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; THOMISIDAE;

EID: 67649950052     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.03.020     Document Type: Article

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