High foliicolous lichen alpha-diversity on individual leaves in Costa Rica and Amazonian Ecuador

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2139-2152

  Lücking, Robert ^a   Matzer, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Amazonian Ecuador; Costa Rica; Diversity maintenance; Foliicolous lichens; Jatun Satcha; La Selva

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EPIPHYTE; LICHEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

COSTA RICA; ECUADOR;

FUNGI;

EID: 0035694286     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013184623641     Document Type: Article

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