Estimating Pre-treatment Variation in the Oak Leaf-chewing Insect Fauna of the Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project (MOFEP)

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• Marquis, Robert J.
• Le Corff, Josiane.

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1997

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In: Brookshire, Brian L. Shifley, Stephen R., eds. Proceedings of the Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project Symposium: an experimental approach to landscape research; 1997 June 3-5; St. Louis, MO. General Technical Report NC-193. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station: 332-346.

Abstract

We describe spatial and temporal variation in the insect herbivore communities associated with the MOFEP, prior to application of contrasting cutting regimes. No pre-treatment differences were found in total insect density on either black (Quercus velutina) or white oak (Q. alba) during 1993-1995. There was great seasonal variation in insect abundance on both host species as well as high variation across years for white oak. White oak on north- and eastfacing slopes tended to have more insects than white oak on southand west-facing slopes. Sites under the auspices of the Missouri Department of Conservation for a longer time had higher insect densities than more recently acquired sites.

Citation

Marquis, Robert J.; Le Corff, Josiane. 1997. Estimating Pre-treatment Variation in the Oak Leaf-chewing Insect Fauna of the Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project (MOFEP). In: Brookshire, Brian L. Shifley, Stephen R., eds. Proceedings of the Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project Symposium: an experimental approach to landscape research; 1997 June 3-5; St. Louis, MO. General Technical Report NC-193. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station: 332-346.

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