Contents of carbon based defence compounds in the old forest lichen Lobaria pulmonaria vary along environmental gradients

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 350-355

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

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Altitude; CBSC; Gastropods; Grazing damage; Herbivory; Lichen compounds; Soil pH; Stictic acid

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; LOBARIA PULMONARIA; PULMONARIA;

EID: 79960643147     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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