Efects of forests fragmentation on epiphytic lichens in the Mediterranean Region;Efectos de la fragmentación de los bosques sobre los líquenes epífitos en la Región Mediterránea

Ecosistemas

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 54-67

  Martinez I ^a   Belinchon R ^a,b   Otarola M G ^a   Aragon G ^a   Prieto, M ^a,c   Escudero, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communities; Conservation; Habitat quality; Species; Type of matrix

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883811056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16972473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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