Response of the post-fire bryophyte community to salvage logging in boreal mixedwood forests of northeastern Alberta, Canada

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 234, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 313-322

  Bradbury, S M ^a  

^a ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal mixedwood forest; Bryophytes; Post fire community; Salvage logging

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FIRES; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); WOOD;

BOREAL MIXEDWOOD FOREST; BRYOPHYTE COMMUNITY; MICROHABITATS; SALVAGE LOGGING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BOREAL FOREST; BRYOPHYTE; LOGGING (TIMBER); SALVAGING; SNAG; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST FIRES; LOGGING; PLANTS; SALVAGE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

AULACOMNIUM PALUSTRE; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CERATODON; CERATODON PURPUREUS; FUNARIA HYGROMETRICA; LEPTOBRYUM PYRIFORME; MARCHANTIA; MARCHANTIA POLYMORPHA; POHLIA NUTANS; POLYTRICHUM JUNIPERINUM;

EID: 33748932916     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.07.013     Document Type: Article

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