Bees and butterflies in burned and unburned alvar woodland: Evidence for the importance of postfire succession to insect pollinator diversity in an imperiled ecosystem

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 297-306

  Taylor, Alana N ^a   Catling, Paul M ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alvar; Biodiversity; Canada; Fire; Hymenoptera; Lepidoptera; Ontario; Pollinators; Succession

Indexed keywords

ALVAR; BEE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS BURNING; BUTTERFLY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; LARVA; POLLINATOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; WOODLAND;

CANADA; OTTAWA VALLEY;

AMELANCHIER ALNIFOLIA; APOIDEA; ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI; AUGOCHLORA; CALLOPHRYS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS VIRGINIANA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84866013019     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v125i4.1258     Document Type: Article

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