Community structure of canopy arthropods associated with Abies amabilis branches in a variable retention forest stand on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Community structure of canopy arthropods associated with Abies amabilis branches in a variable retention forest stand on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Clearcut harvesting can create conditions unfavourable to forest regeneration. In response, variable retention harvest methods are being investigated in montane forests on Vancouver Island, Canada. The effect of this overstory removal is unknown for canopy microarthropods, especially oribatid mites....

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Main Author: Wilkerson, Stacey Lee
Other Authors: Anholt, Bradley Ralph
Language:English
en
Published: 2008
Subjects:
mites
forest regeneration
clearcut
forestry
UVic Subject Index::Sciences and Engineering::Biology::Entomology
UVic Subject Index::Sciences and Engineering::Agriculture::Forests and forestry
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1254

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http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1254

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