Short-term response of coleopteran assemblages to thinning-induced differences in dead wood volumes

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 336, Issue , 2015, Pages 46-61

  Nadeau, Paryse ^a   Majka, Christopher G ^b   Moreau, Gaétan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b Natural History Resources   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beetle; Coleoptera; Commercial thinning; Forest plantation; Woody biomass harvesting

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COLEOPTERA; COMMERCIAL THINNING; FOREST PLANTATION; WOODY BIOMASS;

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEAD WOOD; PLANTATION FORESTRY; THINNING; VOLUME CHANGE; WOODY DEBRIS;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 84910067692     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.10.012     Document Type: Article

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