Habitat preference, growth form, vegetative dispersal and population size of lichens along a wildfire severity gradient

Bryologist

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 527-540

  Johansson, Per ^a,b   Wetmore, Clifford M ^a   Carlson, Daren J ^a,c   Reich, Peter B ^a   Thor, Göran ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Epiphytic lichens; Epixylic lichens; Extinction risk; Forest fire; Minnesota; Rare species

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846105945     PISSN: 00072745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745(2006)109[527:HPGFVD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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