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Article: Contrasting terrestrial lichen, liverwort, and moss diversity between old-growth and young second-growth forest on two soil textures in central British Columbia.
- Article from:
- Canadian Journal of Botany
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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Abstract: The diversity and abundance of terrestrial lichens mosses and liverworts were examined and compared between two ages of forest (old-growth and young second growth) on two dominant soil types (fine- and coarse-textured soils) in subboreal spruce forests in central British Columbia. Major differences in species composition were found between forest ages, with 30% of species found only in old-growth forest and 21% found only in young second-growth forest. Liverworts were much more common in old-growth sites with half the liverwort species found exclusively in old-growth, and 90% of the recorded liverwort observations occurring there. Different moss species ...