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Filtering by: Subject Ponderosa pine -- Diseases and pests -- Idaho Committee Member Cromack, Kermit Jr Degree Level Doctoral

Distribution and Ecological roles of arthropods in dead woody materials of ponderosa pine forests, northern California

Creator:

Lemieux, Jeffrey P.

Abstract:

This dissertation describes arthropod responses to and effects on decay processes in ponderosa pine, a dominant forest canopy tree in northern California. We used both descriptive and experimental field techniques to establish how arthropod assemblages depend on and are important to the disintegration of woody structures in forests of this...

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Dissertation

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traps placed within and on the outsides of fallen, large old ponderosa pine trees to establish the