Lichen diversity on stumps in relation to wood decay in subalpine forests of Northern Italy

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2661-2670

  Nascimbene, Juri ^a   Marini, Lorenzo ^b   Caniglia, Giovanni ^b   Cester, Daniela ^b   Nimis, Pier Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris (CWD); Conservation; Dead wood; Indicator species; Italian Alps

Indexed keywords

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEAD WOOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LICHEN; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 51649086201     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9344-1     Document Type: Article

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