Performance of macrolichens and lichen genera as indicators of lichen species richness and composition

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1051-1062

  Bergamini, Ariel ^a   Scheidegger, Christoph ^a   Stofer, Silvia ^a   Carvalho, Palmira ^b   Davey, Simon ^c,d   Dietrich, Michael ^e   Dubs, Florence ^f   Farkas, Edit ^g   Groner, Urs ^h   Kärkkäinen, Kati ⁱ   Keller, Christine ^a   Lökös, László ^j   Lommi, Sampsa ^k   Máguas, Cristina ^l   Mitchell, Ruth ^m   Pinho, Pedro ^l   Rico, Víctor J ⁿ   Aragón, Gregorio ⁿ   Truscott, Anne Marie ^m   Wolseley, Pat ^o   Watt, Alan ^m   more..

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^c Stable Flat   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e I de Böde   (Switzerland)

^f SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^g INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^h University of Helsinki ^*  (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^j DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^k FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^m CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^o DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Biodiversity indicator; Crustose lichens; Land use intensity; Species composition

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LAND USE; LICHEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 27944464373     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.004125.x     Document Type: Article

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