Arthropod vertical stratification in temperate deciduous forests: Implications for conservation-oriented management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1479-1489

  Ulyshen, Michael D ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Broadleaved deciduous forests; Canopy; Height; Invertebrates; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; BROADLEAVED; CANOPY; DEAD WOOD; FOREST AGE; FOREST STRUCTURE; HEIGHT; INVASIVE PLANTS; INVASIVE SPECIES; INVERTEBRATES; LARGE DIAMETER; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MANAGEMENT PLANS; MULTIPLE FACTORS; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT DIVERSITY; PLANT SURFACES; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIFIC INTERACTION; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST; TEMPORAL CONTINUITY; TIME OF DAY; TREE CAVITIES; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL FOLIAGE; VERTICAL STRATIFICATION; WIND SPEED;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUGARS;

FORESTRY;

ARTHROPOD; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEAD WOOD; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIPHYTE; FOREST CANOPY; HEIGHT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE FOREST; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; FORESTS; SUGARS;

ARTHROPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952455037     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.01.033     Document Type: Review

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