Testing Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm. as an indicator of lichen conservation importance of Italian forests

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 353-360

  Nascimbene, Juri ^a   Brunialti, Giorgio ^b   Ravera, Sonia ^c   Frati, Luisa ^b   Caniglia, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cyanolichens; Forest management; Lichen conservation; Macrolichens; Nationally rare lichen species

Indexed keywords

CYANOLICHENS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LICHEN CONSERVATION; MACROLICHENS; NATIONALLY RARE LICHEN SPECIES;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; EPIPHYTE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LICHEN; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CONSERVATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; LICHENS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; CANSIGLIO FOREST; CILENTO; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SALERNO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

LOBARIA PULMONARIA; PULMONARIA;

EID: 70449523015     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.06.013     Document Type: Article

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