Fire-induced taxonomic and functional changes in saproxylic beetle communities in fire sensitive regions

Ecography

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 760-771

  Moretti, Marco ^a   De Cáceres, Miquel ^b   Pradella, Cinzia ^a   Obrist, Martin K ^a   Wermelinger, Beat ^a   Legendre, Pierre ^b   Duelli, Peter ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; BEETLE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COEVOLUTION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; SAPROXYLIC ORGANISM; TAXONOMY;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

BUPRESTIDAE; CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 77956637514     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06172.x     Document Type: Article

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