Topographic and forest-stand variables determining epiphytic lichen diversity in the primeval beech forest in the Ukrainian Carpathians

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1367-1394

  Dymytrova, Lyudmyla ^a,b   Nadyeina, Olga ^a,b   Hobi, Martina L ^b   Scheidegger, Christoph ^b  

^a M G KHOLODNY INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Ukraine)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carpathian Biosphere Reserve; Fagus sylvatica; Lichenized fungi; Primeval forest; Topographic and forest stand factors; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EPIPHYTE; FUNGUS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; RED LIST; STAND DYNAMICS; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

CARPATHIAN BIOSPHERE RESERVE; UKRAINE; ZAKARPATSKAJA;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FUNGI;

EID: 84900023020     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0670-1     Document Type: Article

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