Retention of canopy lichens after partial-cut harvesting in wet-belt interior cedar-hemlock forests, British Columbia, Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-114

  Coxson, Darwyn S ^a   Stevenson, Susan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyanolichens; Old growth lichens; Partial cut harvesting; Variable retention harvesting

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); VEGETATION;

CANOPY LICHENS; MICROCLIMATE CHANGE; PARTIAL-CUT HARVEST BLOCKS;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; HARVESTING; LICHEN; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LICHENS; LOGGING; PLANTS; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALECTORIA; BRYORIA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM;

EID: 10944244743     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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