Epiphytic lichen diversity in central European oak forests: Assessment of the effects of natural environmental factors and human influences

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 812-819

  Svoboda, David ^a   Peksa, Ondřej ^b   Veselá, Jana ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b West Bohemian Museum in Pilsen   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Lichen diversity value; Mantel test; Pollution; Quercus

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; CORRELATION TESTS; CZECH REPUBLIC; EPIPHYTIC LICHENS; FOREST AGE; FOREST FRAGMENTATIONS; HUMAN IMPACT; HUNGARY; LICHEN DIVERSITY VALUE; MANTEL TESTS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; NATURAL FACTORS; NATURALITY; OAK FORESTS; QUERCUS; SLOVAKIA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AIR QUALITY;

FORESTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LICHEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; FOREST STRUCTURE; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); HUNGARY; LICHENS; NONHUMAN; OAK; SLOVAKIA; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HUMANS; LICHENS; QUERCUS; TREES;

AIR QUALITY; FORESTRY; POLLUTION; QUERCUS;

CZECH REPUBLIC; HUNGARY; SLOVAKIA;

QUERCUS;

EID: 74149083577     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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