Community assembly in epiphytic lichens in early stages of colonization

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 749-759

  Gjerde, Ivar ^a   Blom, Hans H ^a   Lindblom, Louise ^b   Sætersdal, Magne ^a   Schei, Fride Høistad ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Colonization; Community assembly; Dispersal; Epiphytic lichens; Genetic richness; Immigration credit; Isolation; Lobarion; Neutral; Priority effects; Species composition; Species richness

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ASSEMBLY RULE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS TREE; EPIPHYTE; EXTINCTION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GUILD; HEATHLAND; IMMIGRATION; LICHEN; SPECIES POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; LICHEN (ORGANISM); PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TREE;

DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; HAPLOTYPES; LICHENS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

NORWAY;

LOBARIA PULMONARIA; POPULUS TREMULA;

EID: 84861392492     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1018.1     Document Type: Article

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