Arthropod species richness in the Norway Spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) canopy along an elevation gradient

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1513-1521

  Röder, Juliane ^a,b   Bässler, Claus ^b   Brandl, Roland ^c   Dvořak, Libor ^d   Floren, Andreas ^a   Goßner, Martin M ^e   Gruppe, Axel ^f   Jarzabek Müller, Andrea ^b   Vojtech, Oldřich ^g   Wagner, Christian ^b   Müller, Jörg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d Municipal Museum Marianske Lazne   (Czech Republic)

^e FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g umava National Park Administration   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Additive partitioning; Arthropod; Conifer plantation; Global warming; Host specialization; Temperature gradient

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CLIMATE WARMING; CONIFER PLANTATIONS; ELEVATION GRADIENT; MOVING WINDOW; NATURAL DISTRIBUTION; NORWAY SPRUCE; PEST MANAGEMENT; PHYTOPHAGES; PICEA ABIES (L.) KARST; PURE STANDS; SAMPLE SIZES; SPECIES ASSEMBLAGE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPRUCE TREES; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TRANSITION ZONES; TREE SPECIES;

FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GLOBAL WARMING; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

FORESTRY;

ARTHROPOD; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; HOST SPECIFICITY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TRANSITION ZONE;

FORESTRY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PLANTATIONS; SOFTWOODS;

BOHEMIAN FOREST; BOHEMIAN MASSIF;

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; HETEROPTERA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 77949265971     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.01.027     Document Type: Article

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