Bryophyte and lichen communities in mature to old-growth stands in eastern boreal forests of Canada

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1080-1093

  Boudreault, Catherine ^a,b   Bergeron, Yves ^b   Gauthier, Sylvie ^a,b   Drapeau, Pierre ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES;

LANDSCAPE LEVELS;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; BRYOPHYTE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LICHEN; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; WATER TABLE;

CANADA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; BRYORIA; BRYORIA FURCELLATA; BRYORIA TRICHODES; DICRANUM; DICRANUM POLYSETUM; HYPOGYMNIA; HYPOGYMNIA PHYSODES; MYCOBLASTUS SANGUINARIUS; PARAGNETINA; PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; PINUS BANKSIANA; PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI; POLYTRICHUM; POLYTRICHUM COMMUNE; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; PTERIDOPHYTA; PTILIUM CRISTA-CASTRENSIS; SPHAGNUM; TRICHODES; TUCKERMANNOPSIS; TUCKERMANNOPSIS AMERICANA; USNEA;

EID: 2242470258     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-027     Document Type: Article

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