Size is a main driver for hydration traits in cyano- and cephalolichens of boreal rainforest canopies

Fungal Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 59-66

  Merinero, Sonia ^a,c   Hilmo, Olga ^b   Gauslaa, Yngvar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allometry; Canopy gradient; Epiphytes; Lichens; Lobaria pulmonaria; Lobaria scrobiculata; Photobiont; Pseudocyphellaria crocata; Specific thallus mass; Water holding capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893101905     PISSN: 17545048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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