Riparian alder ecosystems as epiphytic lichen refugia in sub-boreal spruce forests of British Columbia

Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 144-157

  Doering, Matthew ^a   Coxson, Darwyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alnus; Canopy macrolichens; Lichen indicator species; Old growth; Riparian gallery; Sub boreal spruce

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CANOPY; DICOTYLEDON; EPIPHYTE; LICHEN; REFUGIUM; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ALNUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; LOBARIA SCROBICULATA; NEPHROMA ISIDIOSUM; PICEA; STICTA LIMBATA;

EID: 77449146760     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B09-096     Document Type: Article

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