Changes in pools of depsidones and melanins, and their function, during growth and acclimation under contrasting natural light in the lichen Lobaria pulmonaria

New Phytologist

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 271-282

  McEvoy, Maria ^a   Gauslaa, Yngvar ^a   Solhaug, Knut Asbjørn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Depsidones; Growth rate; Herbivore defence; Lichens; Melanins; Photoprotection; Photosynthetic acclimation; Secondary compounds

Indexed keywords

DEPSIDE; DEPSIDONE; LACTONE; MELANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ACCLIMATION; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; GROWTH RATE; LICHEN; LIGHT INTENSITY; MELANIN; PHOTOPROTECTION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LICHENS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; TREE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; DEPSIDES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ECOSYSTEM; LACTONES; LICHENS; MELANINS; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; TREES; WATER;

LOBARIA PULMONARIA; PULMONARIA;

EID: 34250793889     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02096.x     Document Type: Article

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