Canopy arthropod responses to experimental canopy opening and debris deposition in a tropical rainforest subject to hurricanes

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 332, Issue , 2014, Pages 93-102

  Schowalter, Timothy D ^a   Willig, Michael R ^b   Presley, Steven J ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Canopy opening; Debris pulse; Disturbance; Red wax scale; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DEPOSITION; ECOLOGY; HURRICANE EFFECTS; TRIMMING; TROPICS;

ARTHROPOD; CANOPY OPENING; DISTURBANCE; RED WAX SCALE; TROPICAL FOREST;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; HURRICANE; INSECT; RAINFOREST; SPIDER; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST;

FOREST CANOPY; FORESTS; NUTRIENTS;

LUQUILLO EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; PUERTO RICO;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CEROPLASTES RUBENS; COCCIDAE; HEMIPTERA; MANILKARA BIDENTATA; SALTICIDAE; SLOANEA;

EID: 84918839017     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.12.008     Document Type: Article

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