Distribution and dispersal ecology of Lobaria pulmonaria in the largest primeval beech forest of Europe

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 3241-3262

  Nadyeina, Olga ^a,c   Dymytrova, Lyudmyla ^a,c   Naumovych, Anna ^b   Postoyalkin, Sergyi ^b   Scheidegger, Christoph ^c  

^a M G KHOLODNY INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Ukraine)

^b KHERSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carpathians; Epiphytic lichen; Fertile; Juvenile; Mature; Topographic and forest stand variables

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISPERSAL; EPIPHYTE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; JUVENILE; LICHEN; MATURATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STAND DYNAMICS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

CARPATHIANS; UKRAINE;

FAGUS; LOBARIA PULMONARIA;

EID: 85027936550     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0778-3     Document Type: Article

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