Specific Vicariance of Two Primeval Lowland Forest Lichen Indicators.

ABSTRACT: To date, the lichens Chrysothrix candelaris and Varicellaria hemisphaerica have been classified as accurate primeval lowland forest indicators. Both inhabit particularly valuable remnants of oak-hornbeam forests in Europe, but tend toward a specific kind of vicariance on a local scale. The present study was undertaken to determine habitat factors responsible for this phenomenon and verify the indicative and conservation value of these lichens. The main spatial and climatic parameters that, along with forest structure, potentially affect their distribution patterns and abundance were analysed in four complexes with typical oak-hornbeam stands in NE Poland. Fifty plots of 400 m² each were chosen for detailed examination of stand structure and epiphytic lichens directly associated

SUBMITTER: Kubiak D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5409926 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature