Hitchhiking with forests: Population genetics of the epiphytic lichen Lobaria pulmonaria in primeval and managed forests in southeastern Europe

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2223-2240

  Scheidegger, Christoph ^a   Bilovitz, Peter O ^b   Werth, Silke ^a   Widmer, Ivo ^a,c   Mayrhofer, Helmut ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c Aix Marseille University Marseille   (France)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Lichen ecology; Phylogeography; Population genetics; Primeval forests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870886205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.341     Document Type: Article

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