Evaluating macrolichens and environmental variables as predictors of the diversity of epiphytic microlichens

Lichenologist

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 475-489

  Bergamini, Ariel ^a   Stofer, Silvia ^a   Bolliger, Janine ^a   Scheidegger, Christoph ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity assessment; Climate; Conservation; Forest; Indicators; Lichens; Red List; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048980666     PISSN: 00242829     EISSN: 10961135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0024282907007074     Document Type: Article

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