Forest age and management effects on epiphytic bryophyte communities in Adirondack northern hardwood forests, New York, U.S.A.

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1562-1576

  McGee, Gregory G ^a   Kimmerer, Robin W ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; HARDWOODS; MANAGEMENT;

SILVICULTURE SYSTEMS;

FORESTRY;

BRYOPHYTE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EPIPHYTE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SUBSTRATE;

UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; ANOMODON; ANOMODON ATTENUATUS; ANOMODON RUGELII; BRACHYTHECIUM; BRACHYTHECIUM OXYCLADON; BRACHYTHECIUM REFLEXUM; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS AMERICANA; FRULLANIA; FRULLANIA EBORACENSIS; HYPNUM; HYPNUM PALLESCENS; LEUCODON; LEUCODON BRACHYPUS; MALVACEAE; NECKERA; NECKERA PENNATA; PLATYGYRIUM; PLATYGYRIUM REPENS; PORELLA PLATYPHYLLOIDEA; PTERIDOPHYTA; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; TILIA; TILIA AMERICANA; ULOTA; ULOTA CRISPA;

EID: 0036444782     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-083     Document Type: Article

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