McCune, B/ Antos, JA 1982: Epiphyte communities of the Swan Valley, Montana. - The Bryologist85: 1-12. [RLL List # 114-61 / Rec.# 12644] Keywords: MONTANA/ SWAN VALLEY/ EPIPHYTE/ ECOLOGY
Abstract: 3 tables. 2 figures. [Most of the epiphytes studied were lichens. "Epiphytes 'read' the environment differently than do vascular plants. Specifically, stand age and moisture gradients that are reflected in the vascular vegetation are differently expressed by epiphytes. Epiphytes tend to equate young stands with dry stands and old stands with wet stands in the Sawn Valley, more so than vascular plants."]