Retention of trees at final harvest - Evaluation of a conservation technique using epiphytic bryophyte and lichen transplants

Biological Conservation

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-142

  Hazell, P ^a   Gustafsson, L ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epiphytes; Forestry; Green tree retention; Hemi boreal forest; Populus tremula

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; BRYOPHYTE; CONSERVATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; TRANSPLANTATION;

SWEDEN;

ANTITRICHIA CURTIPENDULA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; LOBARIA PULMONARIA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULA; PULMONARIA;

EID: 0033052497     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00024-5     Document Type: Article

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