Diversity and distribution of epiphytic macrolichens on tree trunks in two slopes of the montane rainforest of Gran Piedra, Santiago de Cuba

Bryologist

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 313-321

  Rosabal, Dania ^a   Burgaz, Ana Rosa ^b   De La Masa, Rudy ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caribbean lichens; Corticolous macrolichens; Neotropic

Indexed keywords

CLADONIA CERATOPHYLLA; HETERODERMIA; HYPOTRACHYNA; LEPTOGIUM AUSTROAMERICANUM; PANNARIA TAVARESII; STICTA BEAUVOISII;

EID: 77954483694     PISSN: 00072745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-113.2.313     Document Type: Article

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