Influence of harvest gaps and coarse woody material on click beetles (coleoptera: Elateridae) in Maine's Acadian forest

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2405-2419

  Thomas, Shelly L ^a   Wagner, Robert G ^b   Halteman, William A ^b  

^a EASTERN MENNONITE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Click beetles; Conservation; Deadwood; Down woody debris; Ecologically based disturbance; Elateridae; Forest management; Insect diversity; Logging; Saproxylic insects

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GAP DYNAMICS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; ELATERIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 70350618932     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9597-3     Document Type: Article

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