Effects of woodland restoration and management on the community of surface-active arthropods in the metropolitan Chicago region

Biological Conservation

Volumn 190, Issue , 2015, Pages 154-166

  McCary, Matthew A ^a   Martínez, José Cristian ^a   Umek, Lauren ^b,c   Heneghan, Liam ^d   Wise, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Community structure; Conservation management; Ecological restoration; Invasive plants; Soil nutrients

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISOPOD; LAND MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; METROPOLITAN AREA; NATIVE SPECIES; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PITFALL TRAP; POPULATION DECLINE; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL NUTRIENT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODLAND;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; COLLEMBOLA; ISOPODA;

EID: 84934995751     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.06.005     Document Type: Article

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