Richness of lichen species, especially of threatened ones, is promoted by management methods furthering stand continuity.

Lichens are a key component of forest biodiversity. However, a comprehensive study analyzing lichen species richness in relation to several management types, extending over different regions and forest stages and including information on site conditions is missing for temperate European forests. In...

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Main Authors: Steffen Boch, Daniel Prati, Dominik Hessenmöller, Ernst-Detlef Schulze, Markus Fischer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3558497?pdf=render