Commercial moss harvest in northwestern Oregon: Biomass and accumulation of epiphytes

Biological Conservation

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 299-305

  Peck, Jerilynn E ^a   McCune, Bruce ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Bryophytes; Commercial moss harvest; Non timber product; Pacific Northwest

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; MOSS; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032401680     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00033-0     Document Type: Article

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