Hotspots of epiphytic lichen diversity in two young managed forests;Sitios criticos de diversidad de liquenes epifitos en dos bosques jovenes bajo manejo

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 172-182

  Neitlich, Peter N ^a   McCune, Bruce ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; EPIPHYTIC LICHEN; LICHEN; OLD-GROWTH FOREST;

EID: 0030873028     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.95492.x     Document Type: Article

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