A comparison of Lobaria pulmonaria population structure between subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) and mountain alder (Alnus incana) host-tree species in British Columbia's inland temperate rainforest

Botany

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 535-544

  MacDonald, Asha ^a   Coxson, Darwyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inland temperate rainforest; Lobaria; Riparian forest

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOREST CANOPY; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT CREATION; HOST PLANT; LICHEN; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RAINFOREST; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; TEMPERATE FOREST; TREE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84880954310     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-2013-0025     Document Type: Article

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