Conservation management of the mixed species nontimber forest product of "moss" - Are they harvesting what we think they're harvesting?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2031-2043

  Peck, JeriLynn E ^a   Muir, Patricia S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bryophyte; Commercial moss harvest; Epiphyte; NTFP; SFP; Special forest product

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EPIPHYTE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; MOSS; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 34249714110     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9064-3     Document Type: Article

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