Contrasting effects of insect exclusion on wood loss in a temperate forest

Ecosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Ulyshen, Michael D ^a   WAgner, Terence L ^a   MUlrooney, Joseph E ^a  

^a United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service Southern Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Biodiversity; Coarse woody debris; Dead wood; Ecosystem services; Invertebrates; Saproxylic taxa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900451611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES13-00365.1     Document Type: Article

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