Epiphytic lichen diversity and biomass in low-elevation forests of the eastern Washington Cascade range, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 187, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 381-392

  Lehmkuhl, John F ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies grandis; Cascade range; Epiphytic lichens; Litterfall; Pinus ponderosa; Pseudotsuga menziesii

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FIRE RESISTANCE; MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

NATURAL FIRE REGIMES; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY GRADIENTS;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EPIPHYTE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LICHEN; LITTERFALL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES GRANDIS; ALECTORIA; ALECTORIA IMSHAUGII; ALECTORIA SARMENTOSA; BRYORIA; BRYORIA CAPILLARIS; BRYORIA FREMONTII; BRYORIA TORTUOSA; CETRARIA; CETRARIA PALLIDULA; CETRARIA PLATYPHYLLA; FUNGI; HYPOGYMNIA; HYPOGYMNIA IMSHAUGII; LETHARIA COLUMBIANA; LETHARIA VULPINA; NODOBRYORIA ABBREVIATA; PINUS PONDEROSA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; VULPICIDA; VULPICIDA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0346058317     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2003.07.003     Document Type: Article

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