Changes in forest floor bryophyte (moss and liverwort) communities 4 years after forest harvest

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 714-731

  Fenton, Nicole J ^a,b   Frego, Katherine A ^a   Sims, Mary R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bryophyte; Community change; Disturbance; Forest harvest; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; HARVESTING; MORPHOLOGY;

BRYOPHYTE COMMUNITY; FOREST FLOORS; LIVERWORTS; QUADRANTS;

FORESTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BRYOPHYTE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; TIMBER HARVESTING;

ANATOMY; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HARVESTING;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; IMPLETA; MARCHANTIOPHYTA;

EID: 1642403613     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b03-063     Document Type: Article

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