Site factors determining epiphytic lichen distribution in a dieback-affected spruce-fir forest on Whiteface Mountain, New York: Stemflow chemistry

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1131-1140

  Schmull, Michaela ^a   Hauck, Markus ^a   Vann, David R ^b   Johnson, Arthur H ^b   Runge, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest dieback; Manganese; Nitrate assimilation; Nitrate toxicity; Precipitation chemistry; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CHLOROPHYLL; PLANTS (BOTANY);

LICHEN DISTRIBUTION;

FORESTRY;

DIEBACK; EPIPHYTE; LICHEN; NITRATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STEMFLOW;

UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; FUNGI; HYPOGYMNIA PHYSODES; PICEA; PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 0036880034     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b02-106     Document Type: Article

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