Colonization, abundance, and geographic range size of gravestone lichens

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 279-287

  Leger, Elizabeth A ^a   Forister, Matthew L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Area of occupancy; Dispersal; Macroecology; Occupancy abundance relationship; Propagule size

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 64749108065     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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