A transplant experiment on the factors preventing lichen colonization of oak bark in southeast England under declining SO2 pollution

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 439-451

  Batty, K ^a,b   Bates, J W ^a   Bell, J N B ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pollution; Bark acidification; Epiphytic lichens; NO2; Recolonization; SO2

Indexed keywords

PH; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRANSPLANTS;

COLONIZATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BARK; EPIPHYTE; LICHEN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; RECOLONIZATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BETULA; BETULA PENDULA; PARMELIA; PARMELIA SAXATILIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 0042848848     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b03-039     Document Type: Article

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