Lichen diversity and red-listed lichen species relationships with tree species and diameter in wooded meadows

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2307-2328

  Thor, Göran ^a   Johansson, Per ^a,b   Jönsson, Mari T ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Environmental Preservation Unit   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea region; Betula spp.; Epiphytic lichens; Fraxinus excelsior; Quercus robur; Rare species; Species composition; Species evenness; Species richness; Ulmus minor

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; DOMINANCE; EPIPHYTE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LICHEN; MEADOW; RARE SPECIES; RED LIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ESTONIA; SWEDEN;

BETULA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR; ULMUS; ULMUS MINOR;

EID: 77954031504     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9843-8     Document Type: Article

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