Does exogenous carbon extend the realized niche of canopy lichens? Evidence from sub-boreal forests in British Columbia

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1186-1195

  Campbell, Jocelyn ^a,d   Bengtson, Per ^b   Fredeen, Arthur L ^c   Coxson, Darwyn S ^c   Prescott, Cindy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

13C glucose; Cyanolichen; Fatty acid; Niche; Populus overstory; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CYANOBACTERIUM; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EPIPHYTE; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LICHEN; MICROCLIMATE; NICHE; OVERSTORY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SAPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; DEMOGRAPHY; LICHEN (ORGANISM); METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; DEMOGRAPHY; FATTY ACIDS; GLUCOSE; LICHENS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TREES;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84878023175     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1857.1     Document Type: Article

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