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D0105 An (almost) empty room in a packed house: Coarse woody debris class V islands of low diversity in a diverse leaf litter sea in GSMNP

Monday, November 17, 2008
Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Michael L. Ferro , Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Matthew Gimmel , Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA
Christopher E. Carlton , Louisiana State Arthropod Museum, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
After a tree dies and falls to the forest floor, the last stage it passes through before losing individuality is decay class V. Comparisons were made between class V course woody debris (CWD) and surrounding leaf litter. The class V CWD harbors very few species, but of these many appear to be unique to that habitat.

doi: 10.1603/ICE.2016.38038

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