Functional diversity and traits assembly patterns of lichens as indicators of successional stages in a tropical rainforest

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 22-30

  Koch, Natália Mossmann ^a   Martins, Suzana Maria De Azevedo ^b   Lucheta, Fabiane ^b   Müller, Sandra Cristina ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Fundação Das Cooperativas do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Brazilian Atlantic forest; Forest succession; Functional traits

Indexed keywords

BRAZILIAN ATLANTIC FORESTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST SUCCESSION; FUNCTIONAL APPROACH; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

BIOMARKERS; ECOSYSTEMS; REFORESTATION;

FUNGI;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOTIC FACTOR; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; LICHEN; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC FOREST;

EID: 84877812772     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.04.012     Document Type: Article

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