Diversity of epiphytic lichens in boreo-nemoral forests on the North-Estonian limestone escarpment: The effect of tree level factors and local environmental conditions

Lichenologist

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-96

  Jüriado, Inga ^a   Liira, Jaan ^a   Paal, Jaanus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Bark pH; Bryophytes; Cement dust; Forest fragment size; Fraxinus excelsior; Key wordsAcer platanoides; Temperate broad leaved trees; Tilia cordata; Trunk circumference; Ulmus glabra

Indexed keywords

ACER; ACER PLATANOIDES; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; MALVACEAE; TILIA CORDATA; ULMUS; ULMUS GLABRA;

EID: 67649414379     PISSN: 00242829     EISSN: 10961135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0024282909007889     Document Type: Article

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