Seasonal trends in usnic acid concentrations of Arctic, alpine and Patagonian populations of the lichen Flavocetraria nivalis

Phytochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 337-344

  Bjerke, Jarle W ^a   Elvebakk, Arve ^a   Domínguez, Erwin ^b   Dahlback, Arne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

AIC; Dibenzofurans; Flavocetraria nivalis; Lichenized ascomycetes; Seasonal variation; Secondary metabolism; Solar radiation; Ultraviolet radiation; Usnic acid

Indexed keywords

USNIC ACID;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOME; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLAVOCETRARIA NIVALIS; GREENLAND; LICHENS; MODEL; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; THALLUS; WINTER;

ARCTIC REGIONS; ARGENTINA; ASCOMYCOTA; BENZOFURANS; EUROPE; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

ASCOMYCOTA; CETRARIA NIVALIS; FLAVOCETRARIA;

EID: 12844284084     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2004.12.007     Document Type: Article

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