Short-term effects of prescribed burning on ant (hymenoptera: Formicidae) assemblages in ozark forests

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 198-203

  Verble, Robin M ^a,b   Yanoviak, Stephen P ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arkansas at Little Rock ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

abundance; Arkansas; community; disturbance; fire

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANT; BAIT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LEAF LITTER; MONITORING; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARKANSAS; OZARK NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879610573     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/AN12108     Document Type: Article

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