Diversity begets diversity: Phorophyte and microsite relations of foliicolous lichens in the lowland rain forest at Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve (Veracruz, Mexico) [PDF]
Ecological Research, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 313-328, March 2021., 2021 We analyzed the structure of foliicolous lichen communities in the northernmost lowland forest of the Neotropics, Los Tuxtlas Tropical Biology Station in Veracruz, Mexico, and its dependence on phorophyte and microclimate.
de los Ángeles Herrera‐Campos, María +2 more
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Musaespora kalbii (lichenized Ascomycetes: Melanommatales), a new foliicolous lichen with a pantropical distribution [PDF]
Nordic Journal of Botany, 1996 Musaespora kalbii sp. nov. is a foliicolous lichen distinguished by its unilocular, blackish brown ascocarps and campylidia. It is known from Costa Rica, French Guiana, the West Indies, Madagascar, and Papua New Guinea. The species is most common at medium elevations (500–1500 m) and prefers semi‐open situations.
Robert K Lücking
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Airborne ascospore discharge with co-dispersal of attached epihymenial algae in some foliicolous lichens. [PDF]
Am J Bot, 2022 Abstract Premise Lichen‐forming fungi that colonize leaf surfaces must find a compatible algal symbiont, establish lichen symbiosis, and reproduce within the limited life span of their substratum. Many produce specialized asexual propagules that appear to be dispersed by rain and runoff currents, but less is known about dispersal of their meiotic ...
Sanders WB, Brisky BJ.
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Range extension of foliicolous lichens in India: A case study from Nandhaur Forest Range, Lakhan mandi, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India [PDF]
G-Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2015 Foliicolous lichens, i.e. lichens colonizing on leaves of vascular plants, are always considered as one of the best bioindicators of human disturbance and microclimatic conditions of a forest, and their occurrence in India is mainly confined to tropical ...
Joshi, Yogesh +3 more
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Reconciling biodiversity and carbon stock conservation in an Afrotropical forest landscape. [PDF]
Sci Adv, 2018 Protecting aboveground carbon stocks in tropical forests is essential for mitigating global climate change and is assumed to simultaneously conserve biodiversity.
Van de Perre F +20 more
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Unravelling the diversity of the lichen genus Porina (Porinaceae) in Mauritius [PDF]
Plant Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Background and aims – Despite the publication of a recent checklist for Mauritius, a small archipelago in the south-western Indian Ocean, our knowledge of the lichen flora of this region remains incomplete.
Damien Ertz, Paul Diederich
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Differential effects of lichens versus liverworts epiphylls on host leaf traits in the tropical montane rainforest, Hainan Island, China. [PDF]
ScientificWorldJournal, 2014 Epiphylls widely colonize vascular leaves in moist tropical forests. Understanding the effects of epiphylls on leaf traits of host plants is critical for understanding ecological function of epiphylls. A study was conducted in a rain forest to investigate leaf traits of the host plants Photinia prunifolia colonized with epiphyllous liverworts and ...
Zhou L +6 more
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Lichen ecophysiology in a changing climate
American Journal of Botany, Volume 110, Issue 2, February 2023., 2023 Abstract Lichens are one of the most iconic and ubiquitous symbioses known, widely valued as indicators of environmental quality and, more recently, climate change. Our understanding of lichen responses to climate has greatly expanded in recent decades, but some biases and constraints have shaped our present knowledge. In this review we focus on lichen
Daniel E. Stanton +3 more
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Most lichens are rare, and degree of rarity is mediated by lichen traits and biotic partners
Diversity and Distributions, Volume 28, Issue 9, Page 1810-1819, September 2022., 2022 Abstract Aim Understanding ecological distributions of global biodiversity is stymied by incomplete knowledge of drivers of species rarity. These include trade‐offs among life‐history traits that impact dispersability, competition, reproductive output and speciation and extinction.
Erin A. Manzitto‐Tripp +2 more
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Ecosphere, Volume 13, Issue 4, April 2022., 2022 Abstract We propose that a qualitative trait approach based on more detailed nuanced traits may reveal previously overlooked patterns, especially when combined with phylogenetic perspectives. By sampling epiphytic lichens and using a functional approach based on nuanced qualitative traits, such as a much greater resolution over photobiont identity ...
Natália M. Koch +5 more
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