Lichen diversity in temperate montane forests is influenced by forest structure more than climate

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 745-751

  Moning, Christoph ^a   Werth, Silke ^b,c   Dziock, Frank ^d   Bässler, Claus ^a   Bradtka, Johannes ^e   Hothorn, Torsten ^f   Müller, Jörg ^a  

^a BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e Office for Agriculture and Forests   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acer pseudoplatanus; Biodiversity; Dead wood; Forest continuity; Lichen; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; DEAD WOOD; FOREST CONTINUITY; LICHEN; VARIANCE PARTITIONING;

AIR QUALITY; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; PARKS;

FORESTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEAD WOOD; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LICHEN; MONTANE FOREST; NATIONAL PARK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; AIR QUALITY; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; DEAD WOOD; FORESTRY; LICHENS;

BAVARIA; BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS;

EID: 67650125193     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.05.015     Document Type: Article

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