Mature non-native black-locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) forest does not regain the lichen diversity of the natural forest

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 421-422, Issue , 2012, Pages 197-202

  Nascimbene, Juri ^a   Nimis, Pier Luigi ^a   Benesperi, Renato ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bark features; Epiphytic lichens; Forest management; Habitat changes; Species composition; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BARK FEATURES; EPIPHYTIC LICHENS; HABITAT CHANGE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

FORESTRY;

ANGIOSPERM; BARK; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIOTA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EPIPHYTE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LICHEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AGE; ARTICLE; BARK; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTA; CHESTNUT; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; ITALY; LICHEN; LOCUST; NONHUMAN; OAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; SPECIES HABITAT;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; HOST SPECIFICITY; ITALY; LICHENS; ROBINIA;

BARK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; LICHENS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA;

EID: 84858295976     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.01.051     Document Type: Article

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