Commercial moss harvest in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia: Targeted species and incidental take

Bryologist

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 752-765

  Studlar, Susan Moyle ^a   Peck, JeriLynn E ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilithic; Epixylic; Hypnum; Incidental take; Moss harvest; Nontimber forest product; Riparian; Special forest product; Sustainable harvest; Target species; Thuidium; West Virginia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANOMODON ATTENUATUS; ASPLENIUM RHIZOPHYLLUM; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FILICOPHYTA; HYPNUM; HYPNUM CURVIFOLIUM; HYPNUM IMPONENS; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; METZGERIA CONJUGATA; THUIDIUM; THUIDIUM DELICATULUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 37349014529     PISSN: 00072745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745(2007)110[752:CMHITA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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