UV-induction of sun-screening pigments in lichens

New Phytologist

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-100

  Solhaug, Knut Asbjørn ^a   Gauslaa, Yngvar ^a   Nybakken, Line ^a   Bilger, Wolfgang ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lobaria pulmonaria; Melanin; Parietin; UV radiation; Xanthoria parietina

Indexed keywords

LICHEN; PIGMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LOBARIA PULMONARIA; PULMONARIA; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR; XANTHORIA PARIETINA;

EID: 0037381592     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00708.x     Document Type: Article

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