Influences of tree age and tree structure on the macrolichen Letharia vulpina: A case study in the Italian Alps

Ecoscience

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 423-428

  Nascimbene, Juri ^a   Marini, Lorenzo ^b   Carrer, Marco ^b   Motta, Renzo ^c   Nimis, Pier Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conservation; Epiphytic lichens; Forest continuity; Subalpine forests; Substrate stability; Wolf lichen

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; LICHEN; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PROPAGULE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

LARIX; LETHARIA; LETHARIA VULPINA; PINUS CEMBROIDES;

EID: 58149239937     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/15-4-3154     Document Type: Article

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