Remnants fragments preserve genetic diversity of the old forest lichen Lobaria pulmonaria in a fragmented Mediterranean mountain forest

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1239-1254

  Otálora, Mónica G ^a,b   Martínez, Isabel ^a   Belinchón, Rocío ^a   Widmer, Ivo ^b   Aragón, Gregorio ^a   Escudero, Adrián ^a   Scheidegger, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Landscape genetics; Lichens; Mediterranean forest; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

EPIPHYTE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LICHEN; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MONTANE FOREST; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SPAIN;

FAGUS; LOBARIA PULMONARIA; PULMONARIA; QUERCUS;

EID: 79955695325     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0025-0     Document Type: Article

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