Fine spatial pattern of an epiphytic lichen species is affected by habitat conditions in two forest types in the Iberian Mediterranean region

Fungal Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1270-1278

  Belinchón, Rocío ^a   Martínez, Isabel ^a   Aragón, Gregorio ^a   Escudero, Adrián ^a   De La Cruz, Marcelino ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Forest management; Habitat quality; Lichens; Lobaria pulmonaria; Population ecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BARK; DIAMETER; DISPERSAL; EPIPHYTE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNGUS; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HOST QUALITY; LICHEN; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION ECOLOGY; ROUGHNESS; STAND STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BEECH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST RANGE; LICHEN (ORGANISM); OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ECOSYSTEM; FAGUS; HOST SPECIFICITY; LICHENS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; QUERCUS;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

FAGUS; LOBARIA PULMONARIA; PULMONARIA; QUERCUS;

EID: 81955164770     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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