Mechanical thinning to restore oak savanna promoted predator assemblages of gypsy moth pupae in Michigan

The United States Forest Service conducted an oak savanna restoration using thinning and prescribed burning in the Manistee National Forest in Michigan to provide additional habitat for species dependent on this rare community type, including the Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis). B...

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Published in:	Agricultural and forest entomology Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 531 - 540
Main Authors:	Larsen, Angela L., Jacquot, Joseph J., Keenlance, Paul W., Keough, Heather L.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2018
Subjects:	Abundance Animal behavior Bacillus thuringiensis Bulldozers Burning Butterflies & moths Communities defoliating insects Endangered species forest thinning Forests Gypsy moth habitats Huron-Manistee National Forest Invertebrates Lycaeides melissa samuelis Lymantria dispar Mammals mechanical thinning Mice Michigan National forests Oak oak savanna Peromyscus leucopus Predation Predators Pupae pupal predation Rare species Relative abundance Restoration Savannahs savannas Small mammals Thinning USDA Forest Service white‐footed mouse United States > US Michigan Huron-Manistee National Forest
ISSN:	1461-9555, 1461-9563
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