GROWTH RATES OF CLADONIA ALPESTRIS, C. MITIS, AND C. RANGIFERINA IN THE TALTSON RIVER REGION, N.W.T.

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Botany
• Main Author: Scotter, George W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1963
• Subjects: Canada; Taltson River; Cladonia rangiferina; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b63-100; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/b63-100

Data on the growth rate of lichens are essential to the understanding of the carrying capacities of rangelands used by caribou and reindeer in Canada. Recent Russian literature suggests fruticose lichens have three growth stages. The first stage is one of podetium accumulation. During the second sta...