Vertical distribution of dominant epiphytes in Douglas-fir forests of the central Oregon Cascades

Northwest Science

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 44-49

  Sillett, Stephen C ^a   Rambo, Thomas R ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; EPIPHYTE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES;

ANTITRICHIA CURTIPENDULA; ISOTHECIUM MYOSUROIDES; LOBARIA OREGANA; LOBARIA PULMONARIA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; SPHAEROPHORUS GLOBOSUS; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 0034085260     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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