Responses of the lichen Xanthoria parietina (L.) Th. Fr. to varying thallus nitrogen concentrations

Lichenologist

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-179

  Gaio Oliveira, Gisela ^a,b   Dahlman, Lena ^b   Palmqvist, Kristin ^b   Máguas, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Ergosterol; Green algal lichens; Intra specific N concentration; Symbionts; Thallus nitrogen; Thallus specific weight (TSW); Xanthoria parietina

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; XANTHORIA PARIETINA;

EID: 17144410014     PISSN: 00242829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0024282904014598     Document Type: Article

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