Bryophyte community differences between edge and interior environments in temperate rain-forest fragments of coastal British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 580-592

  Baldwin, Lyn K ^a,b   Bradfield, Gary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GROWTH KINETICS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); RAIN; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BYROPHITES; FOREST FRAGMENTS; RAIN FORESTS; TIP-UP MOUNDS;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; BRYOPHYTE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST EDGE; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BASINS; COASTS; FORESTRY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; LOGGING; RAIN; TAXONOMY;

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

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 22144478300     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x04-209     Document Type: Article

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