Is response to fire influenced by dietary specialization and mobility? A comparative study with multiple animal assemblages

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Santos, Xavier ^a   Mateos, Eduardo ^b   Bros, Vicenç ^c   Brotons, Lluís ^d,e   De Mas, Eva ^f   Herraiz, Joan A ^g   Herrando, Sergi ^d,h   Miño, Àngel ^c   Olmo Vidal, Josep M ⁱ   Quesada, Javier ^h   Ribes, Jordi ^h   Sabaté, Santiago ^b,e   Sauras Yera, Teresa ^b   Serra, Antoni ^b   Ramon Vallejo V ^b,j   Viñolas, Amador ^h  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Diputacio de Barcelona   (Spain)

^d CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^h Museu de Zoologia   (Spain)

ⁱ Servei de Biodiversitat I Protecció Dels Animals Direcció General del Medi Natural I Biodiversitat ^*  (Spain)

^j FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAUNA; GASTROPOD; HETEROPTERA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; ORTHOPTERA; REPTILE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPIDER; VEGETATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DIET; DISASTER; FIRE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIET; DISASTERS; FIRES; MOVEMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84895741149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088224     Document Type: Article

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