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Forest macro-arthropods as potential indicators of ecosystem conditions in Western Idaho : an analysis of community composition, biological diversity, and community structure

Creator:

Ruby, Margaret E.

Abstract:

Adaptive ecosystem management is a new paradigm for managing federal forests which requires regular monitoring of ecosystem function and diversity to measure the effects of management. Managers need new strategies and tools to help them assess their progress in maintaining healthy, productive and biologically diverse forests. Biomonitoring of select forest...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

Payette National Forest (PNF) in Western Idaho; (2) to compare measures of community composition