Do forests treated by partial cutting provide growth conditions similar to old-growth forests for epiphytic lichens?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 159, Issue , 2013, Pages 458-467

  Boudreault, Catherine ^a   Coxson, Darwyn ^b   Bergeron, Yves ^a   Stevenson, Susan ^b   Bouchard, Mathieu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Bryoria nadvornikiana; Epiphytic lichen conservation; Epiphytic lichen growth; Evernia mesomorpha; Lichen transplants; Partial cutting

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EPIPHYTE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT CREATION; HYDRATION; LICHEN; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; THINNING; TRANSPLANTATION;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

BRYORIA NADVORNIKIANA; EVERNIA; EVERNIA MESOMORPHA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 84873860556     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.12.019     Document Type: Article

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