The legacy of timber harvest: Do patterns of species dominance suggest recovery of lepidopteran communities in managed hardwood stands?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-13

  Summerville, Keith S ^a   Courard Hauri, David ^a   Dupont, Miranda M ^a  

^a DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Forest recovery; Lepidoptera; Metacommunity; Moths; Species dominance; Timber harvest

Indexed keywords

DOMINANT SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOREST RECOVERY; FOREST STAND; FORESTED LANDSCAPES; HARDWOOD STANDS; INDICATOR SPECIES; LEPIDOPTERA; LOG-NORMAL; MANAGED FOREST; METACOMMUNITY; POSTHARVEST; SPATIAL PROXIMITY; SPECIES ASSEMBLAGE; SPECIES-ABUNDANCE DISTRIBUTIONS; TIMBER HARVESTS; TIMBER MANAGEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; LEGACY SYSTEMS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; TIMBER; WATERSHEDS;

HARVESTING;

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEGAL RIGHTS; MOTH; NICHE PARTITIONING; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TIMBER HARVESTING; WATERSHED;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; INSECTS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WATER SHEDS;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 71849114339     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.09.033     Document Type: Article

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