Influence of overstory removal on growth of epiphytic mosses and lichens in Western Oregon

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1207-1221

  Muir, P S ^a   Rambo, T R ^a,b   Kimmerer, R W ^a,c   Keon, D B ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitrichia curtipendula; Forest gaps; Forest management; Forest thinning; Green tree retention; Isothecium myosuroides; Lobaria oregana; Old growth associates; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Remnant trees; Transplant experiments

Indexed keywords

EPIPHYTE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; LICHEN; MOSS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; OVERSTORY; SPOROPHYTE;

ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LICHENS; MOSS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA; LICHENS; OREGON; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ANTITRICHIA CURTIPENDULA; BRYOPHYTA; ISOTHECIUM MYOSUROIDES; LOBARIA OREGANA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 33745984501     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[1207:IOOROG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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