Ecology of the 2004 morel harvest in the Rocky Mountain Forest District of British Columbia

Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1152-1167

  Winder, Richard S ^a   Keefer, Michael E ^b  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Keefer Ecological Services Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fire; Indicators; Morchella; Mushroom

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; DICOTYLEDON; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FIRE MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HARVESTING; LOGGING (TIMBER); MUSHROOM; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; ARNICA CORDIFOLIA; ARNICA MONTANA; ASTERACEAE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CALAMAGROSTIS RUBESCENS; CHAMERION ANGUSTIFOLIUM; ERYTHRONIUM GRANDIFLORUM; MENZIESIA FERRUGINEA; MORCHELLA; PICEA GLAUCA; PINUS CONTORTA; ROSA ACICULARIS; SPIRAEA; SPIRAEA BETULIFOLIA; VACCINIUM;

EID: 54249105114     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B08-045     Document Type: Article

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