Lobaria pulmonaria abundance as an indicator of macrolichen diversity in Interior Cedar-Hemlock forests of east-central British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 970-982

  Campbell, Jocelyn ^a   Fredeen, Arthur L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyanolichens; Indicator species; Interior Cedar Hemlock zone; Lobaria pulmonaria; Macrolichen diversity; Stand age

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; HARVESTING; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

EPIPHYTIC MACROLICHENS; LICHEN; OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LICHEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; STAND DYNAMICS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; MOUNTAINS; NITROGEN; PRECIPITATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE GEORGE;

CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; FUNGI; LOBARIA; LOBARIA PULMONARIA; PULMONARIA;

EID: 4644280911     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B04-074     Document Type: Article

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