Community structure of epilithic lichens on the cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment, Ontario, Canada

Plant Ecology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 233-244

  Matthes, Uta ^a   Ryan, Bruce D ^b   Larson, Douglas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Cliff vegetation; Detrended correspondence analysis; Rock faces; Saxicolous lichens; Spatial scales

Indexed keywords

CLIFF; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EPILITHON; LICHEN; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CANADA;

CANDELARIELLA HEIDELBERGENSIS; LECANORA PERPRUINOSA;

EID: 0033911590     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009832507791     Document Type: Article

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