Population characteristics of old forest associated epiphytic lichens in Picea abies plantations in the boreal rainforest of Central Norway

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1743-1753

  Hilmo, Olga ^a   Ely Aastrup, Hilde ^a,b   Hytteborn, Håkan ^a,c   Holien, Håkon ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b The County Governor of Nord Trøndelag ^*  (Norway)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCH STRUCTURE; EPIPHYTIC LICHENS; FOREST HARVESTING; MANAGED FOREST; PICEA ABIES; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION SIZES; PROPAGULES; ROTATION PERIOD; STAND AGE; TARGET-SUBSTRATE;

PLANT EXTRACTS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; COLONIZATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EPIPHYTE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; HOST PLANT; JUVENILE; LICHEN; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PLANTATION FORESTRY; POPULATION SIZE; RAINFOREST; REPLACEMENT; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VIABILITY;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; EXTRACTIVES; FORESTRY; LICHENS; PICEA ABIES; PLANTS;

NORWAY;

ABIES; LOBARIA PULMONARIA; LOBARIA SCROBICULATA; PICEA ABIES; PSEUDOCYPHELLARIA CROCATA; PULMONARIA; RAMALINA THRAUSTA; SALIX; SORBUS;

EID: 80052215302     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x11-091     Document Type: Article

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