Are stumps important for the conservation of saproxylic beetles in managed forests? - Insights from a comparison of assemblages on logs and stumps in oak-dominated forests and pine plantations

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 255-264

  Brin, Antoine ^a   Bouget, Christophe ^b   Valladares, Lionel ^a   Brustel, Hervé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Deadwood; Pinus pinaster; Quercus spp

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878198949     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00209.x     Document Type: Article

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