Effect of logging on the threatened epiphytic lichen Usnea longissima: a comparative and retrospective approach

Silva Fennica

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 685-703

  Storaunet, Ken Olaf ^a   Rolstad, Jørund ^a   Toeneiet, Målfrid ^a   Rolstad, Erlend ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dendroecology; Epiphytic lichens; Forest history; Historic logging; Picea abies; Selective logging; Stand reconstruction; Usnea longissima

Indexed keywords

FUNGI;

DENDROECOLOGY; EPIPHYTIC LICHENS; FOREST HISTORY; HISTORIC LOGGING; PICEA ABIES; SELECTIVE LOGGING; STAND RECONSTRUCTION; USNEA LONGISSIMA;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROECOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EPIPHYTE; LICHEN; LOGGING (TIMBER); MONTANE FOREST;

AIR QUALITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; LICHENS; LOGGING; PICEA ABIES; RESTORATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LILLEHAMMER; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; OPPLAND; SCANDINAVIA;

PICEA ABIES; USNEA; USNEA LONGISSIMA;

EID: 58149343024     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.465     Document Type: Article

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