Drivers of lichen species richness at multiple spatial scales in temperate forests

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 355-363

  Nascimbene, Juri ^a   Marini, Lorenzo ^b,c   Ódor, Péter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND BOTANY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

conservation; diffuse light; epiphytic lichens; forest management; historical factors; landscape

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871349888     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2012.735715     Document Type: Article

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