Relative growth rates of two epiphytic lichens, Lobaria pulmonaria and Hypogymnia occidentalis, transplanted within and outside of Populus dripzones

Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 954-965

  Gauslaa, Yngvar ^a   Goward, Trevor ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canopy lichens; Dripzone; Facilitation; Phosphorus; Relative growth rate; Water holding capacity

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; EPIPHYTE; FACILITATION; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LICHEN; OVERSTORY; PH; TRANSPLANTATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; ESOCIDAE; HYPOGYMNIA OCCIDENTALIS; LOBARIA PULMONARIA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; POPULUS; PULMONARIA;

EID: 84868635192     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B2012-062     Document Type: Article

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