Lichens on down wood in logged and unlogged forest stands

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1033-1041

  Bunnell, Fred L ^a   Spribille, Toby ^b   Houde, Isabelle ^a   Goward, Trevor ^c   Björk, Curtis ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Enlichened Consulting Ltd   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); FORESTRY; FUNGI;

BREAST HEIGHT; UNLOGGED STANDS;

WOOD;

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DESICCATION; LICHEN; LOGGING (TIMBER); RARE SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND STRUCTURE;

LICHENS; LOGS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WOOD;

EID: 44449154754     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-206     Document Type: Article

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