Loss of epiphytic diversity along a latitudinal gradient in southern Europe

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 426, Issue , 2012, Pages 188-195

  Aragón, Gregorio ^a   Martínez, Isabel ^a   García, Aroa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community structure; Core periphery theory; Dry season; Environmental gradient; Epiphytic richness; Fagus sylvatica

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; CORE PERIPHERIES; DRY SEASONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EPIPHYTIC RICHNESS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

ANIMALS; DROUGHT; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

RAIN;

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; BRYOPHYTE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORE-PERIPHERY RELATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EPIPHYTE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LICHEN; RAINFALL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BEECH; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FAGUS SYLVATICA; HYDROPHYTE; LATITUDE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LICHEN (ORGANISM); MOSS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES TURNOVER; SUMMER; WATER AVAILABILITY;

BIODIVERSITY; BRYOPHYTA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FAGUS; LICHENS; SEASONS;

SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; BRYOPHYTES; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 84860685508     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.03.053     Document Type: Article

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