A decade of change in the saproxylic beetle fauna of eucalypt logs in the Warra long-term log-decay experiment, Tasmania. 2. Log-size effects, succession, and the functional significance of rare species

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2167-2188

  Grove, Simon J ^a   Forster, Lynette ^a,b  

^a Division of Forest Research and Development   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Log diameter; Long term ecological research; Rarity; Saproxylic beetles; Succession; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECADAL VARIATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING; FORESTRY PRACTICE; GUILD; MATURATION; RARE SPECIES; RARITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGROWTH; RESEARCH WORK; SAMPLING; SEASONALITY; SILVICULTURE; SIZE EFFECT; SUCCESSION;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; TASMANIA; WARRA;

COLEOPTERA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS OBLIQUA;

EID: 79960985828     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0080-6     Document Type: Article

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