Responses of community structure, diversity, and abundance of understory plants and insect assemblages to thinning in plantations

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 607-613

  Taki, Hisatomo ^a   Inoue, Takenari ^a   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^a   Makihara, Hiroshi ^a   Sueyoshi, Masahiro ^a   Isono, Masahiro ^a   Okabe, Kimiko ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoidea; Cerambycidae; Coleoptera; Cryptomeria japonica; Diptera; Hymenoptera; Lepidoptera; Longicorn; Malaise trap; Syrphidae; Understory

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; DIPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALAISE TRAPS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

BEE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FLY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PLANTATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; THINNING; UNDERSTORY;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; ARTHROPODA; CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 72649086547     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.11.019     Document Type: Article

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