Goward T. & Spribille T.
(2005):
Lichenological evidence for the recognition of inland rain forests in western North America -
Journal of Biogeography,
32: 1209-1219
Aim The coastal temperate rain forests of north-western North America are
internationally renowned as the archetypal expression of the temperate rain forest
biome. Less well documented is the existence of somewhat similar forests 500–
700 km inland on the windward slopes of the Columbia and Rocky Mountains.
Here we attempt to show that these inland ‘wetbelt’ forests warrant rain forest
status.
Location North-western North America.
Methods We use tree-dwelling macrolichens to assess the …
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