Observations on the ecology of the lichen genus Bryoria in high elevation conifer forests

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 496-501

  Goward, Trevor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Edgewood Blue   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arboreal lichens; British Columbia; Bryoria fremontii; Bryoria pseudofuscescens; Conifer forests

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; LICHEN; POPULATION ECOLOGY;

CANADA;

BRYORIA; BRYORIA FREMONTII; BRYORIA PSEUDOFUSCESCENS;

EID: 0032421535     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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