Arboreal hair lichens in a young, mid-elevation conifer stand, with implications for the management of mountain caribou

Bryologist

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 427-434

  Goward, Trevor ^a,b   Campbell, Jocelyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Edgewood Blue   (Canada)

^c Forest Canopy Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alectoria; British Columbia; Bryoria; Caribou; Vertical zonation

Indexed keywords

ABIES LASIOCARPA; ALECTORIA; ANIMALIA; BRYORIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU;

EID: 23844474420     PISSN: 00072745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745(2005)108[0427:AHLIAY]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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