Impact of neighbourhood land-cover in epiphytic lichen diversity: Analysis of multiple factors working at different spatial scales

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 414-422

  Pinho, P ^a   Augusto, S ^a   Maguas C ^a   Pereira, M J ^b   Soares, A ^b   Branquinho, C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c Universidade Atlantica   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biomonitor; Distance of influence; Geostatistics; Land use; Lichen diversity value (LDV); Pollution; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POLLUTION;

DISTANCE OF INFLUENCE; LICHEN DIVERSITY VALUE (LDV); SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIPHYTE; GEOSTATISTICS; LAND COVER; LICHEN; POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; LAND USE; LICHENS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LICHENS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; PARTICLE SIZE; QUERCUS; TREES;

EID: 38849200406     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.06.015     Document Type: Article

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