Arthropod colonisation of natural and experimental logs in an agricultural landscape: Effects of habitat, isolation, season and exposure time

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 166-174

  Gibb, Heloise ^a,c   Durant, Ben ^b   Cunningham, Saul A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Colonisation; Connectivity; Dead wood; Exposure; Revegetation; Season

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONNECTIVITY; DEAD WOOD; DISPERSAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT RESTORATION; MICROHABITAT; PASTURE; REVEGETATION; SEASONALITY; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 84861448453     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2012.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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