Rot holes create key microhabitats for epiphytic lichens and bryophytes on beech (Fagus sylvatica)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1008-1016

  Fritz, Örjan ^a   Heilmann Clausen, Jacob ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bark pH; Fungi; Habitat restoration; Red listed species; Retention trees; Wood decay

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; BRYOPHYTE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EPIPHYTE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT RESTORATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IDENTIFICATION KEY; INOCULATION; LICHEN; MICROHABITAT; PH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FUNGI; PSATHYRELLA CERNUA;

EID: 77949265949     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.01.016     Document Type: Article

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