Patterns of bryophyte diversity in humid coastal and inland cedar-hemlock forests of British Columbia

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Newmaster, Steven G ^a   Belland, René J ^b   Arsenault, André ^c   Vitt, Dale H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bryophytes; Cedar hemlock; CWH; Disturbance; Ecosystem management; Floristic habitat sampling; Forest conservation; ICH; Old growth; Patterning of diversity; Rare species; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; VEGETATION;

CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSES (CCA); HABITAT HETEROGENEITY;

FORESTRY;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM;

EID: 0141697103     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/a03-016     Document Type: Article

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