Environmental factors that drive the distribution and abundance of a threatened cyanolichen in Southern Europe: A multi-scale approach

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1876-1885

  Merinero, Sonia ^a   Rubio Salcedo, Marta ^a   Aragón, Gregorio ^a   Martínez, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Conservation status; Epiphytic lichens; Lobaria scrobiculata; Lobarina scrobiculata; Mediterranean forest; Occupation rate; Population size; Precipit

Indexed keywords

LOBARIA SCROBICULATA;

ANIMAL; ASCOMYCETES; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; FOREST; LICHEN (ORGANISM); MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EUROPE; FORESTS; LICHENS; LINEAR MODELS;

EID: 84908426107     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1400077     Document Type: Article

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