Edge and land-use effects on epiphytic lichen diversity in the forest-steppe ecotone of the Mongolian Altai

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 207, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 450-458

  Hauck, Markus ^a   Javkhlan, Samjaa ^b   Lkhagvadorj, Dorjburgedaa ^c   Bayartogtokh, Badamdorj ^b   Dulamsuren, Choimaa ^a   Leuschner, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA   (Mongolia)

^c MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Fuelwood collection; Larix sibirica; Lichen forming fungi; Livestock grazing; Logging; Pastoral nomadism

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOTONE; EPIPHYTE; FOREST EDGE; LAND USE CHANGE; LICHEN; LOGGING (TIMBER); MICROCLIMATE; MICROHABITAT; PH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STEPPE;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; MONGOLIA;

FUNGI; LARIX; LARIX SIBIRICA;

EID: 84861735129     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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