Assessing the effects of forest management on epiphytic lichens in coppiced forests using different indicators

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 628-637

  Giordani, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

deciduous forests; epiphytes; Indicator species analysis; Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

CASTANEA SATIVA; QUERCUS;

EID: 84866455006     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2011.654136     Document Type: Article

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