Effect of naturally vs manually managed restoration on ground-dwelling arthropod communities in a desertified region

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 545-552

  Liu, Rentao ^a,b   Zhu, Fan ^a   An, Hui ^a,c   Steinberger, Yosef ^b  

^a NINGXIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Desertified sand land; Diversity conservation; Ground dwelling arthropod; Restoration management

Indexed keywords

GROUND-DWELLING ARTHROPOD;

AFFORESTATION; ARTHROPOD; DESERTIFICATION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; HERB; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHRUBLAND; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 84908012668     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.09.092     Document Type: Article

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