Reductions in downed deadwood from biomass harvesting alter composition of spiders and ground beetle assemblages in jack-pine forests of Western Quebec

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 321, Issue , 2014, Pages 19-28

  Work, Timothy T ^a,b   Brais, Suzanne ^b   Harvey, Brian D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bioenergy; Biomass; Carabids; Deadwood; Spiders

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL MECHANICS;

BIO-ENERGY; CARABIDS; DEADWOOD; EMPIRICAL VALIDATION; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION TREES; NATURAL VARIABILITY; SPECIES ASSEMBLAGE; SPIDERS;

BIOMASS;

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT RESTORATION; HARVESTING; SPIDER;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 84899124340     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.06.021     Document Type: Article

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