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The relationship between distribution and abundance of epiphytic lichens on five different substrates (Fagus sylvatica, Pinus nigra, Quercus coccifera, Pinus heldreichii and Quercus pubescens) has been studied. For the first three substrates the above relationship has been studied hierarchically. It was concluded that this relationship is partly represented by the core-satellite distribution. This abundance-distribution pattern could probably be explained by more than one hypothesis and it is probably related with the life strategies of lichen species.
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Pirintsos, S.A., Diamantopoulos, J. & Stamou, G.P. Hierarchical analysis of the relationship between spatial distribution and abundance of epiphytic lichens (Mt. Olympos-Greece). Vegetatio 122, 95–106 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00052819
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