Use of a smoother to forecast occurrence of epiphytic lichens under alternative forest management plans

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1110-1123

  McCune, Bruce ^a   Berryman, Shanti D ^a   Cissel, John H ^b   Gitelman, Alix I ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological neighborhood model; Epiphytes; Forest planning; Habitat model; Lichens; Lobaria oregana; Nonparametric smoothing; Northwest Forest Plan; Pacific Northwest (USA); Riparian forests

Indexed keywords

EPIPHYTE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LICHEN; REGRESSION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

CASCADE RANGE; OREGON;

FUNGI; LOBARIA; LOBARIA OREGANA; RIPARIA;

EID: 0346269114     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2003)13[1110:UOASTF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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