The spatial and temporal effects of fire on insect abundance in Mediterranean forest ecosystems

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 263, Issue , 2012, Pages 262-267

  Elia, Mario ^a   Lafortezza, Raffaele ^a   Tarasco, Eustachio ^a   Colangelo, Giuseppe ^a   Sanesi, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forest fires; Insect abundance; Oak Mediterranean ecosystems; Post fire turnover; Protected areas; Southern Italy

Indexed keywords

FOREST FIRES; INSECT ABUNDANCE; MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEM; POST-FIRE; PROTECTED AREAS; SOUTHERN ITALY;

DEFORESTATION; FIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INSECT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PITFALL TRAP; PROTECTED AREA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING; FOREST FIRES; INSECTS; ITALY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ITALY;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 81455154291     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.09.034     Document Type: Article

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