Short-term effects of clear-cutting on the biomass and richness of epiphytic bryophytes in managed subtropical cloud forests

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 609-609

  Patiño, Jairo ^a   González Mancebo, Juana M ^a   Fernández Palacios, José M ^a   Arévalo, José R ^a   Bermúdez, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Canopy; Cutting intervals; Epiphytic bryophyte biomass; Laurel forests

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BIOMASS; BRYOPHYTE; CLEARCUTTING; CLOUD FOREST; EPIPHYTE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; LA PALMA; MACARONESIA; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; ERICA ARBOREA; LAURUS; MORELLA FAYA; MYRICACEAE;

EID: 69849096140     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009042     Document Type: Article

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