Aboveground macroinvertebrate diversity and abundance in sand sagebrush prairie managed with the use of pyric herbivory

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 394-403

  Doxon, Elizabeth D ^a   Davis, Craig A ^a   Fuhlendorf, Samuel D ^a   Winter, Stephen L ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grazing; heterogeneity; invertebrates; Oklahoma; patch burn grazing; prescribed fire; shrublands

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; DISTURBANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GRASSLAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; HERBIVORY; HETEROGENEITY; INVERTEBRATE; LANDSCAPE; PATCHINESS; PRAIRIE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SHRUBLAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ARANEAE; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA FILIFOLIA; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; FILIFOLIUM; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 79960641351     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-10-00169.1     Document Type: Article

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