Multi-taxon alpha diversity following bark beetle disturbance: Evaluating multi-decade persistence of a diverse early-seral phase

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 338, Issue , 2015, Pages 32-45

  Winter, Maria Barbara ^a,b   Ammer, Christian ^b   Baier, Roland ^a   Donato, Daniel C ^c   Seibold, Sebastian ^d,e   Müller, Jörg ^d,e  

^a Berchtesgaden National Park Administration   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Washington State Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^d BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Berchtesgaden national park; Homologous precocity; Structural heterogeneity; Vascular plants; Wood decaying fungi

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914140025     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.11.019     Document Type: Article

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