Estimating Xanthoparmelia (Parmeliaceae) population density in subalpine communities in southern Utah, U.S.A. using two distance methods, with implications for assessing community composition

Bryologist

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 625-636

  Leavitt, Steven D ^a,b   St Clair, Larry L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

biomonitoring; distance methods; lichen ecology; lichens; point centered quarter method; quartered neighbor method

Indexed keywords

PARMELIACEAE; XANTHOPARMELIA;

EID: 80054898577     PISSN: 00072745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-114.3.625     Document Type: Article

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