Gastropod grazing shapes the vertical distribution of epiphytic lichens in forest canopies

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 218-225

  Asplund, Johan ^a   Larsson, Per ^a   Vatne, Steinar ^a   Gauslaa, Yngvar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chemical defence; Epiphytes; Herbivory; Invertebrates; Lobaria amplissima; Lobaria pulmonaria; Lobaria scrobiculata; Lobaria virens; Snails; Stictic acid

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EPIPHYTE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOREST CANOPY; GASTROPOD; GRAZING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LICHEN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPLANTATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORWAY;

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LOBARIA; LOBARIA AMPLISSIMA; LOBARIA PULMONARIA; LOBARIA SCROBICULATA; LOBARIA VIRENS; PULMONARIA;

EID: 72249118239     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01584.x     Document Type: Article

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