Short-and long-term effects of fire on the Collembola communities of a sub-alpine dwarf pine ecosystem in the Austrian Alps

Eco.mont

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 29-36

  Querner, Pascal ^a   Bruckner, Alexander ^a   Weigand, Erich ^b   Prötsch, Markus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Kalkalpen GesmbH ^*  (Austria)

^c Museum Haus der Natur   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fire ecology; Kalkalpen national park; Springtails; Succession

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COLLEMBOLA; POACEAE;

EID: 84871977430     PISSN: 2073106X     EISSN: 20731558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1553/eco.mont-2-2s29     Document Type: Article

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