Vascular plant diversity as a surrogate for bryophyte and lichen diversity

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 282-292

  Pharo, Emma J ^b   Beattie, Andrew J ^c   Binns, Doug ^a  

^a State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BRYOPHYTE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LICHEN; VASCULAR PLANT;

EID: 0032929177     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.013002282.x     Document Type: Article

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