Stand composition and structure as indicators of epixylic diversity in old-growth boreal forests

Ecoscience

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-196

  Rheault, Héloïse ^a   Bélanger, Louis ^a   Grondin, Pierre ^b   Ouimet, Rock ^b   Hebert, Christian ^c   Dussault, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bryophytes and lichens diversity; Coarse woody debris; Forest management; Old growth boreal forest

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; BOREAL FOREST; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DOMINANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MIXED FOREST; MOSS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 68149157899     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/16-2-3216     Document Type: Article

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