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SA021

Epiphytic macrolichens in relation to forest management and topography in a western Oregon watershed, 1997-1999

  • Creator(s): Bruce P. McCune, Shanti D. Berryman
  • PI(s): Bruce P. McCune
  • Originator(s): Shanti D. Berryman
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  • Dates of data collection: Sep 23 1997 - Sep 15 1999
  • Data collection status: Study collection is completed and no new collection is planned
  • Data access: Online
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/5983313a0889f90f824b8e4c14c98ba8
  • Last update: Oct 9 2007 (Version 2)
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McCune, B.; Berryman, S. 2007. Epiphytic macrolichens in relation to forest management and topography in a western Oregon watershed, 1997-1999 . Long-Term Ecological Research. Forest Science Data Bank, Corvallis, OR. [Database]. Available: http://andlter.forestry.oregonstate.edu/data/abstract.aspx?dbcode=SA021. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/5983313a0889f90f824b8e4c14c98ba8. Accessed 2024-12-10.
Data were provided by the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest research program, funded by the National Science Foundation's Long-Term Ecological Research Program (DEB 2025755), US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, and Oregon State University.
While substantial efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of data and documentation, complete accuracy of data sets cannot be guaranteed. All data are made available "as is". The Andrews LTER shall not be liable for damages resulting from any use or misinterpretation of data sets.
ABSTRACT:
Epiphytic macrolichen communities were sampled in 117 coniferous stands in Blue River watershed of western Oregon. Stands were sampled across various stand types defined by stand structure, according to age classes of the younger tree cohort and remnant tree retention. Remnant trees were those in an older cohort that remained following a stand disturbance that initiated tree regeneration, such as a timber harvest or natural forest fire. Stands were located in upland and riparian forests of two vascular plant series (western hemlock and true fir). Presence and abundance of all epiphytic macrolichen species were sampled in a 0.4 ha circular Forest Health Monitoring (FHM) plot in the 117 stands. Epiphytic lichen biomass (oven-dried, kg/ha) was estimated for three functional groups: nitrogen-fixing cyanolichens, forage lichens, and matrix lichens in 63 of the 117 stands.

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ENTITY TITLES:
1Epiphytic Macrolichen Communities (Sep 23 1997 - Sep 15 1999)METADATADATA
2Epiphytic Macrolichen Biomass (Sep 23 1997 - Sep 15 1999)METADATADATA
3Environmental Data (Sep 23 1997 - Sep 15 1999)METADATADATA
4Derived Environmental Data (Sep 23 1997 - Sep 15 1999)METADATADATA

RELATED DATABASES:
 Epiphyte species list of Watershed 10, Andrews Experimental Forest, 1970 to 1972 (SA010)
 Lichen abundance and biodiversity along a chronosequence from young managed stands to ancient forest, 1993 (SA011)

RELATED PUBLICATIONS:
 Berryman, Shanti, McCune, Bruce 2006, Epiphytic lichens along gradients in topography and stand structure in western Oregon, USA (Pub. No: 4147)
 McCune, Bruce, Berryman, Shanti D., Cissel, John H., Gitelman, Alix I. 2003, Use of a smoother to forecast occurrence of epiphytic lichens under alternative forest management plans (Pub. No: 3206)
 McCune, Bruce, Hutchinson, Jenifer, Berryman, Shanti 2002, Concentration of rare epiphytic lichens along large streams in a mountainous watershed in Oregon, U.S.A. (Pub. No: 3167)
 Berryman, Shanti D. 2002, Epiphytic macrolichens in relation to forest management and topography in a western Oregon watershed (Pub. No: 3239)
 Neitlich, Peter N. 1993, Lichen abundance and biodiversity along a chronosequence from young managed stands to ancient forest (Pub. No: 1504)
 McCune, Bruce 2000, Lichen communities as indicators of forest health (Pub. No: 2808)
 Cissel, John H., Swanson, Frederick J., Weisberg, Peter J. 1999, Landscape management using historical fire regimes: Blue River, Oregon (Pub. No: 2502)
 Weisberg, Peter J. 1998, Fire history, fire regimes, and development of forest structure in the central western Oregon Cascades (Pub. No: 2576)
 Peck, JeriLynn E., McCune, Bruce 1997, Remnant trees and canopy lichen communities in western Oregon: a retrospective approach (Pub. No: 2496)
 McCune, Bruce 1994, Using epiphyte litter to estimate epiphyte biomass (Pub. No: 2177)
 McCune, Bruce, Daly, William J. 1994, Consumption and decomposition of lichen litter in a temperate coniferous rainforest (Pub. No: 2178)
 McCune, Bruce 1993, Gradients in epiphyte biomass in three Pseudotsuga-Tsuga forests of different ages in western Oregon and Washington (Pub. No: 1516)