Sunscreening fungal pigments influence the vertical gradient of pendulous lichens in boreal forest canopies

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1464-1471

  Färber, Leonie ^a   Solhaug, Knut Asbjørn ^a   Esseen, Per Anders ^b   Bilger, Wolfgang ^c   Gauslaa, Yngvar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alectoria sarmentosa; Boreal forest; Bryoria spp.; Desiccation tolerance; Epiphytes; Melanin; Norway; Photoinhibition; Sunscreening pigments; Sweden; Toten sen; Usnea spp.; Usnic acid; Vindeln

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BOREAL FOREST; DEER; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EPIPHYTE; FOREST CANOPY; FUNGUS; LICHEN; LIGHT EFFECT; PHOTOINHIBITION; PIGMENT; VERTICAL MIXING;

NORWAY; SWEDEN;

PIGMENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; LICHEN (ORGANISM); NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; SUNLIGHT; SWEDEN; TREE;

ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; LICHENS; NORWAY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SUNLIGHT; SWEDEN; TREES; WATER;

EID: 84903533282     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-2319.1     Document Type: Article

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