Changes in stand structure due to the cessation of traditional land use in wooded meadows impoverish epiphytic lichen communities

Lichenologist

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 257-274

  Leppik, Ede ^a   Jüriado, Inga ^a   Liira, Jaan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

bark pH; Betula spp.; canopy cover; Fraxinus excelsior; habitat degradation; light conditions; Quercus robur; semi natural woodland; site management; trunk diameter

Indexed keywords

BETULA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 79958286284     PISSN: 00242829     EISSN: 10961135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002428291100003X     Document Type: Article

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