Do non-native conifer plantations provide benefits for a native forest specialist, the wood ant Formica lugubris?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 357, Issue , 2015, Pages 22-32

  Procter, Duncan S ^a   Cottrell, Joan ^b   Watts, Kevin ^b   Robinson, Elva J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Colonisation lag; Land cover change; Non native conifers; Plantation forestry; Red wood ants

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; MELAMINE FORMALDEHYDE RESINS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REFORESTATION; TIMBER; WOOD;

AFFORESTATION; COLONISATION; LAND-COVER CHANGE; NON-NATIVE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RED WOOD;

FORESTRY;

AFFORESTATION; ANT; COLONIZATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISPERSAL; DOMINANCE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LAND COVER; NATIVE SPECIES; NEST SITE; PLANTATION FORESTRY; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIALIST;

FORESTATION; FORESTRY; PLANTATIONS; SEQUOIA;

ENGLAND; NORTH YORK MOORS NATIONAL PARK; NORTH YORKSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONIFEROPHYTA; FORMICA LUGUBRIS; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84939428505     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.07.034     Document Type: Article

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