Indicators of biodiversity, what do they indicate? - Lessons for conservation of cryptogams in oak-rich forest

Biological Conservation

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 369-379

  Nordén, Björn ^a   Paltto, Heidi ^a   Götmark, Frank ^a   Wallin, Kjell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Dead wood; Fungi; Indicator species; Lichens; Woodland key habitats

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; DEAD WOOD; DECIDUOUS TREE; FUNGUS; LICHEN; LIVERWORT; MIXED FOREST; MOSS; RED LIST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FUNGI;

EID: 33845989423     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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