Factors affecting the abundance of leaf-litter arthropods in unburned and thrice-burned seasonally-dry amazonian forests

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Silveira, Juliana M ^a,b   Barlow, Jos ^c   Louzada, Julio ^a   Moutinho, Paulo ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA AMBIENTAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIRE; FOREST DYNAMICS; ISOPTERA; LEAF LITTER; LITTER SIZE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT LEAF; SEASON; TREE;

ARTHROPODA; BOS; FORMICIDAE; ISOPTERA;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; TREES;

EID: 77958470532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012877     Document Type: Article

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