Biodiversity of belowground invertebrates as an indicator of wet meadow restoration success (Platte River, Nebraska)

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 495-505

  Riggins, John J ^a,b   Davis, Craig A ^c   Hoback, Wyatt W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Habitat restoration; Nebraska; Platte River; Soil invertebrates; Taxonomic sufficiency; Wet meadow

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; INVERTEBRATE; MEADOW; RECONSTRUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PLATTE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; ELATERIDAE; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 68149166443     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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