The significance of thallus size for the water economy of the cyanobacterial old-forest lichen Degelia plumbea

Oecologia

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 76-84

  Gauslaa, Yngvar ^a   Solhaug, Knut Asbjørn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epiphytic lichens; Hypothallus; Photosynthesis; Water loss; Water holding capacity

Indexed keywords

LICHEN; MORPHOLOGY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; WATER BUDGET;

DEGELIA PLUMBEA;

EID: 0031666009     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050565     Document Type: Article

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