Intercalary growth causes geometric length expansion in Methuselah's beard lichen (Usnea longissima)

Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1224-1232

  Rolstad, Jørund ^a   Rolstad, Erlend ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Exponential growth; Intercalary growth; Lichens; Pacific Northwest; Transplantation; Usnea longissima Ach.

Indexed keywords

EPIPHYTE; GROWTH RATE; LICHEN; PHYTOMASS; TRANSPLANTATION;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

USNEA; USNEA LONGISSIMA;

EID: 54249121877     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B08-081     Document Type: Article

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