Recolonization potential of bryophyte diaspore banks in harvested boreal mixed-wood forest

Plant Ecology

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-68

  Caners, Richard T ^a   Macdonald, S Ellen ^a   Belland, René J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Germination; Liverwort; Mantel test; Moss; Variable retention

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; BRYOPHYTE; DISTURBANCE; DIVERSITY INDEX; GERMINATION; HARVESTING; LIGHT EFFECT; LIGHT INTENSITY; MIXED FOREST; PROPAGULE; RECOLONIZATION;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 70349860077     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9565-0     Document Type: Article

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