Ammonium uptake in the nitrophytic lichen Xanthoria parietina and its effects on vitality and balance between symbionts

Lichenologist

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-86

  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

Ammonium chloride; Chlorophyll a; Ergosterol; Nitrogen deposition; Nitrogen tolerance; Nitrogen uptake; Nitrophytic lichens; Xanthoria parietina

Indexed keywords

XANTHORIA; XANTHORIA PARIETINA;

EID: 2342510152     PISSN: 00242829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0024282904014124     Document Type: Article

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