Effects of fire intensity on litter arthropod communities in ozark oak forests, Arkansas, U.S.A

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 14-24

  Verble Pearson, R M ^a,c   Yanoviak, S P ^b  

^a University of Arkansas at Little Rock   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST FIRE; FUEL; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LITTER; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

ARKANSAS; OZARK MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903714457     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-172.1.14     Document Type: Article

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