Occurrence of carpenter ants in ozark forests in relation to prescribed fire and stand variables

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-45

  Verble, Robin M ^a   Stephan, Fred M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Camponotus; Disturbance; Fire insect interactions; Oak hickory forest; Red oak borer

Indexed keywords

FIRES;

CAMPONOTUS; DISTURBANCE; INSECT POPULATION; OAK-HICKORY FOREST; OCCURRENCE PATTERN; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RED OAK; VEGETATION PATTERN;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; INSECTS; PLANTS; PRESCRIBED BURNING;

CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; CARYA; HEXAPODA; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 69849115688     PISSN: 01484419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sjaf/33.1.42     Document Type: Article

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