Effects of forest management on ground-dwelling beetles (Coleoptera; Carabidae, Staphylinidae) in Central Europe are mainly mediated by changes in forest structure

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 329, Issue , 2014, Pages 166-176

  Lange, Markus ^a,b   Türke, Manfred ^a,c   Pašalić, Esther ^a   Boch, Steffen ^d   Hessenmöller, Dominik ^b   Müller, Jörg ^e   Prati, Daniel ^d   Socher, Stephanie A ^d   Fischer, Markus ^d   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^a,c   Gossner, Martin M ^a,c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beech forest; Biodiversity exploratories; Conifer plantations; Habitat preferences; Insects; Land use

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; HOUSING; LAND USE; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; TIMBER;

BEECH FOREST; CONIFER PLANTATIONS; FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; HABITAT PREFERENCES; INSECTS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEETLE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; LAND USE; PLANTATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND STRUCTURE;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; INSECTS; LAND USE; PLANTATIONS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 84904053940     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.06.012     Document Type: Article

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