Mass loss of epiphytic lichen litter in a boreal forest

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 211-217

  Esseen, Per Anders ^a   Renhorn, Karl Erik ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epiphytes; Herbivory; Lichen abundance; Lichen decomposition; Macrolichens; Nutrient cycling

Indexed keywords

ALECTORIA SARMENTOSA; BRYORIA FUSCESCENS; HYPOGYMNIA PHYSODES; LOBARIA PULMONARIA; PICEA ABIES; PLATISMATIA GLAUCA;

EID: 0032214460     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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