Bryophyte responses to fragmentation in temperate coastal rainforests: A functional group approach

Biological Conservation

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 408-422

  Baldwin, L K ^a,b   Bradfield, G E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

British columbia; Fragments; Functional groups; Old growth; Remnant area; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; COASTAL ZONE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PATCH SIZE; RAINFOREST; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; MARCHANTIOPHYTA;

EID: 33947145242     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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