Quantifying arthropod contributions to wood decay

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 345-352

  Ulyshen, Michael D ^a   Wagner, Terry L ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Ecosystem services; Insects; Invertebrates; Isoptera; Saproxylic

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 84875782091     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.12012     Document Type: Article

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