Epiphytic lichen biomass in managed and old-growth boreal forests: Effect of branch quality

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 228-238

  Esseen, Per Anders ^a   Renhorn, Karl Erik ^a   Pettersson, Roger B ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Boreal forests; Canopy living invertebrates; Conservation; Epiphyte biomass; Epiphytes; Forest canopies; Forestry; Lichens; Old growth; Picea abies

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ALECTORIA SARMENTOSA; ANIMALIA; BRYORIA; INVERTEBRATA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0000564067     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269566     Document Type: Article

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