Response of arthropod biodiversity to foundation species declines: The case of the eastern hemlock

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1503-1510

  Rohr, Jason R ^a   Mahan, Carolyn G ^b   Kim, Ke Chung ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease; Forest; Insect pests; Invasive and introduced species; Secondary species declines; Succession

Indexed keywords

FOREST; INSECT PESTS; INVASIVE AND INTRODUCED SPECIES; SECONDARY SPECIES DECLINES; SUCCESSION;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORECASTING; FOUNDATIONS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HARDWOODS;

FORESTRY;

ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMAX; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EVERGREEN TREE; HABITAT LOSS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION;

BIODIVERSITY; DISEASES; ECOLOGY; FORECASTS; FORESTS; HARDWOODS; INSECTS; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

MID-ATLANTIC STATES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ADELGIDAE; ANTHOZOA; ARTHROPODA; CONIUM; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LAMINARIALES; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 68949163043     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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