Persistence of ground-layer bryophytes in a structural retention experiment: Initial effects of level and pattern of overstory retention

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3039-3052

  Dovčiak, Martin ^a   Halpern, Charles B ^a   Saracco, James F ^a,b   Evans, Shelley A ^a   Liguori, Denise A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Institute for Bird Populations   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY);

BRYOPHYTES; LIVERWORTS; STRUCTURAL RETENTION; TREE BOLES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BRYOPHYTE; EDGE EFFECT; HARVESTING; OVERSTORY; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION COVER;

HARVESTING; LOGGING; PLANTS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; MARCHANTIOPHYTA;

EID: 34247266083     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-168     Document Type: Article

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