Effects of selection cutting on the abundance and fertility of indicator lichens Lobaria pulmonaria and Lobaria quercizans

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-33

  Edman, Mattias ^a,b   Eriksson, Anna Maria ^b,c   Villard, Marc André ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; Canada; Forest management; Lobaria quercizans; Northern hardwood forest; Sexual reproduction; Single tree cutting

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BASAL AREA; CLEARCUTTING; COLONIZATION; FERTILITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LICHEN; SELECTION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; LOBARIA; LOBARIA PULMONARIA; LOBARIA QUERCIZANS; PULMONARIA;

EID: 38349136471     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01354.x     Document Type: Article

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