Post-fire spatial heterogeneity alters ground-dwelling arthropod and small mammal community patterns in a desert landscape experiencing a novel disturbance regime

Biological Conservation

Volumn 182, Issue , 2015, Pages 117-125

  Hulton VanTassel, Heather L ^a   Barrows, Cameron W ^a   Anderson, Kurt E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid environments; Fire; Ground dwelling arthropods; Habitat fragmentation; Novel disturbance regimes; Small mammals; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84918781709     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.11.046     Document Type: Article

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