Fine-scale distribution and abundance of epiphytic lichens: Environmental filtering or local dispersal dynamics?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 459-470

  Schei, Fride Høistad ^a,b   Blom, Hans H ^a   Gjerde, Ivar ^a   Grytnes, John Arvid ^b   Heegaard, Einar ^a   Sætersdal, Magne ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cyanolichens; Dispersal strategies; Lobaria pulmonaria; Lobarion; Local scale; Niche; Populus tremula; Scandinavia; Spatial pattern; Species traits

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIPHYTE; FILTER; LICHEN; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROPAGULE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

NORWAY;

LOBARIA PULMONARIA; POPULUS TREMULA; PULMONARIA;

EID: 84860176194     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01368.x     Document Type: Article

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