Dynamics of the leaf-litter arthropod fauna following fire in a neotropical woodland savanna

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Vasconcelos, Heraldo L ^a   Pacheco, Renata ^a   Silva, Raphael C ^a   Vasconcelos, Pedro B ^a   Lopes, Cauê T ^a   Costa, Alan N ^a   Bruna, Emilio M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAUNA; FIRE; FOREST; LEAF LITTER; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MICROCLIMATE; MORTALITY; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; SOIL; TREE;

ARTHROPODA; COLLEMBOLA; FORMICIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; GEOGRAPHY; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 70450195605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007762     Document Type: Article

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