Effects of stand-level disturbances on the spatial distribution of a lichen indicator

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2015-2024

  Kalwij, J M ^a,b   Wagner, H H ^a   Scheidegger, C ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acer pseudoplatanus; Ecological continuity; Epiphytic lichen; Indicator; Lobaria pulmonaria; Old growth; SADIE; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; DISTURBANCE; LICHEN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; LOBARIA PULMONARIA; PULMONARIA;

EID: 30944456295     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1912     Document Type: Article

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