Changing climate and historic-woodland structure interact to control species diversity of the 'Lobarion' epiphyte community in Scotland

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 725-734

  Ellis, Christopher J ^a   Coppins, Brian J ^a  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspen; Climate response; Cyanobacteria; Epiphyte; Lichen; Non parametric multiplicative regression; Populus tremula

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DECIDUOUS TREE; EPIPHYTE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LICHEN; METAPOPULATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CYANOBACTERIA; LOBARIA PULMONARIA; POPULUS TREMULA; PULMONARIA;

EID: 34848841812     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2007)18[725:CCAHSI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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