Reproductive Modes of Lichens in Stressful Environments in Central Ellesmere Island, Canadian High Arctic

• Published in: The Lichenologist
• Main Authors: Fahselt, Dianne, Maycock, Paul, Wong, Pak Yau
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1989
• Subjects: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Northwest Territories; Ellesmere Island; Canada; Sverdrup Pass; glacier*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0024282989000587; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0024282989000587

Abstract Lichens of the most highly stressful habitats in Sverdrup Pass, Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories, Canada, were examined for reproductive structures, as were lichens of less extreme sites within the same landform features. The study areas included twenty-two stands in a calcareous ero...