Landscape Ecology - Eric B. Peterson <link rel="stylesheet" href="../styles.css" /> </head> <body> <table width="98%"> <tr> <td class="TitleSide"></td> <td class="TitleMain"> <br /> <p class="title">Landscape Ecology - Eric B. Peterson</p> <br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="MainSide"></td> <td class="MainMain"> <p class="PageDescription"><u>Abstract of oral or poster presentation:</u></p> <p class="AbstractTitle">Differences in responses of macrolichen diversity and species composition to forest management in the Oregon Coast Range.</p> <p class="AbstractAuthor">PETERSON, ERIC B.* AND BRUCE McCUNE. Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Cordley 2082, Oregon State University, Corvallis OR 97331, U.S.A.</p> <p class="AbstractText">Biodiversity patterns of young, managed stands are of concern to forest managers. Quick and convenient methods for assessing lichen biodiversity in stands are becoming a necessity. We assessed the diversity of epiphytic macrolichen communities with large plots (0.38 ha) in second-growth stands without thinning, second-growth with thinning, old-growth stands, and nearby diversity hot spots. Second-growth stands were of rotation age, 50-110 years old and thinning had occurred 10-25 years previously. All four treatments were examined in each of nine blocks in the Oregon Coast Range. Species richness did not differ among treatments with statistical significance (1-way ANOVA) despite strong differences in species composition (MRPP, p<.0001). This suggests that in some cases species composition might be more relevant to forest conditions and management concerns than measures of diversity.</p> <p class="AbstractMeeting">Presented at the 1996 meeting of the American Institute of Biological Sciences (<a href="http://www.abls.org">American Bryological and Lichenological Society section</a>)</p> <br /> <font size="-1"><a href="http://www.landscapeecology.com">HOME</a> : <a href="http://www.landscapeecology.com/Info/">Info</a></font> <br /> <br /> </td> </tr> </table> <hr width="97%" /> <font="-1"><a href="http://www.landscapeecology.com">LandscapeEcology.com</a> - contact the webmaster, Eric Peterson, <a href="http://non-parametric.com/contact.php?return=http://www.landscapeecology.com">here</a>. </body> </html>