Tree crowns as meeting points of diversity generating mechanisms - a test with epiphytic lichens in a temperate forest
R. Patzak, R. Richter, R. Engelmann, C. Wirth
The paper investigates vertical diversity patterns of epiphytic lichens in tree crowns, finding that successional niches and environmental optimality gradients, rather than habitat heterogeneity or surface area, drive lichen diversity.
bioRxiv · Jan 3, 2020 · PreprintEcology