Influence of forest management on epiphytic lichens in a temperate beech forest of northern Italy

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 247, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 43-47

  Nascimbene, Juri ^a   Marini, Lorenzo ^b   Nimis, Pier Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyanolichens; Forestry; Lobaria pulmonaria; Macrolichens; Species composition; Species richness

Indexed keywords

LOBARIA PULMONARIA; MACROLICHENS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FORESTRY;

EPIPHYTE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LICHEN; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; LICHENS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ABIES; FAGUS; LOBARIA PULMONARIA; PICEA; PULMONARIA;

EID: 34447250820     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.04.011     Document Type: Article

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