Lichen functional groups as ecological indicators of the effects of land-use in Mediterranean ecosystems

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-42

  Pinho, P ^a,b   Bergamini, A ^c   Carvalho, P ^d   Branquinho, C ^a   Stofer, S ^c   Scheidegger, C ^c   Maguas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecological indicators; Epiphytic lichens; Livestock; Management; Nitrophytic; Oligotrophic; Quercus suber

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; EPIPHYTIC LICHENS; LIVESTOCK; NITROPHYTIC; OLIGOTROPHIC; QUERCUS;

ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT; OCEAN HABITATS; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOINDICATOR; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS TREE; EPIPHYTE; EUTROPHICATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; LAND USE CHANGE; LICHEN; LIVESTOCK FARMING; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PASTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOLERANCE; WOODLAND;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; EUROPE; EUTROPHICATION; FORESTRY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; LAND USE; LICHENS; MEDITERRANEAN; QUERCUS SUBER;

EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 80054070543     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.09.022     Document Type: Article

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