Experimental reduction of native vertebrate grazing and addition of logs benefit beetle diversity at multiple scales

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 943-951

  Barton, Philip S ^a,b   Manning, Adrian D ^b   Gibb, Heloise ^c   Wood, Jeff T ^b,d   Lindenmayer, David B ^b   Cunningham, Saul A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Coarse woody debris; Ecological restoration; Herbivore; Insects; Intervention; Kangaroo; Microhabitat; Refugia

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HERBIVORE; INSECTIVORE; MARSUPIAL; MICROHABITAT; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; REFUGE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; MACROPUS GIGANTEUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79959816467     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.01994.x     Document Type: Article

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