Structure and composition of corticolous epiphyte communities in a Sierra Nevada old-growth mixed-conifer forest

Bryologist

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-71

  Rambo, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ahtiana; Bark pH; California; Hypogymnia; Letharia; Lichens; Melanelia; Mosses; Nitrophiles; Nodobryoria; Sierra national forest; Teakettle experimental forest; Vapor pressure deficit

Indexed keywords

ABIES GRANDIS; ABIES MAGNIFICA; AHTIANA; AHTIANA SPHAEROSPORELLA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CALOCEDRUS DECURRENS; CANDELARIELLA EFFLORESCENS; CONIFEROPHYTA; HYPOGYMNIA; HYPOGYMNIA IMSHAUGII; LETHARIA; MELANELIA; MELANOHALEA ELEGANTULA; NODOBRYORIA; NODOBRYORIA OREGANA; PINUS JEFFREYI; PINUS LAMBERTIANA; XANTHORIA POLYCARPA;

EID: 77949398750     PISSN: 00072745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-113.1.55     Document Type: Article

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