Does time or habitat make old-growth forests species rich? Bryophyte richness in boreal Picea mariana forests

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1389-1399

  Fenton, Nicole J ^a   Bergeron, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black spruce; Dispersal; Liverworts; Micro habitat; Mosses; Sphagna

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; BRYOPHYTE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISPERSAL; DISTURBANCE; GUILD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LIVERWORT; MOSS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 44349174241     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.03.019     Document Type: Article

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