Effects of postfire salvage logging on deadwood-associated beetles;Efectos del Rescate de Madera Después de Incendios sobre Escarabajos Asociados a Madera Muerta

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-104

  Cobb, T P ^a   Morissette, J L ^b   Jacobs, J M ^b   Koivula, M J ^b   Spence, J R ^b   Langor, D W ^c  

^a ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological diversity; Coarse woody debris; Coleoptera; Deadwood; Forest fire; Forest management; Saproxylic insects

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DEAD WOOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; LOGGING (TIMBER); SPECIES RICHNESS; TIMBER; WILDFIRE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; TREE; UNITED STATES; WOOD;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CANADA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; TREES; UNITED STATES; WOOD;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 78751667731     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01566.x     Document Type: Article

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