Epiphytic lichen biomass in a boreal Norway spruce forest

Lichenologist

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-266

  Gauslaa, Yngvar ^a   Lie, Marit ^a   Ohlson, Mikael ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alectoria sarmentosa; Boreal forest; Bryoria; Canopy gradient; Usnea filipendula; Usnic acid

Indexed keywords

ALECTORIA; ALECTORIA SARMENTOSA; BRYORIA; FILIPENDULA; PICEA ABIES; USNEA; USNEA FILIPENDULA;

EID: 44949181771     PISSN: 00242829     EISSN: 10961135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0024282908007664     Document Type: Article

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