Global warming and alternative causes of decline in arctic‐alpine and boreal‐montane lichens in North‐Western Central Europe
Abstract Lichens are thought to be sensitive indicators of global warming, as the spread of several thermophilous epiphytes in north‐western Central Europe has been attributed to late 20th century warming. In the present paper, the potential contribution of late 20th century warming to the decline o...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01968.x 2024-06-02T08:01:32+00:00 Global warming and alternative causes of decline in arctic‐alpine and boreal‐montane lichens in North‐Western Central Europe HAUCK, MARKUS 2009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01968.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2486.2009.01968.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01968.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Global Change Biology volume 15, issue 11, page 2653-2661 ISSN 1354-1013 1365-2486 journal-article 2009 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01968.x 2024-05-03T11:58:40Z Abstract Lichens are thought to be sensitive indicators of global warming, as the spread of several thermophilous epiphytes in north‐western Central Europe has been attributed to late 20th century warming. In the present paper, the potential contribution of late 20th century warming to the decline of arctic‐alpine and boreal‐montane lichen species is analyzed. Relevant ecological groups of lichens include terricolous heathland species, saxicolous species of exposed rock outcrops and boulder fields as well as epiphytes of mountain forests. These three groups of lichens experienced significant declines before the onset of late 20th century warming in the 1970s. These declines can be attributed to the abandonment of traditional land use systems in the case of the heathland lichens, increased recreational use of the exposed summits usually inhabited by cold‐tolerant saxicolous lichens, and to high atmospheric SO 2 levels in the mid‐20th century, but are probably not directly connected to global warming. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Global warming Wiley Online Library Arctic Global Change Biology 15 11 2653 2661 |
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Abstract Lichens are thought to be sensitive indicators of global warming, as the spread of several thermophilous epiphytes in north‐western Central Europe has been attributed to late 20th century warming. In the present paper, the potential contribution of late 20th century warming to the decline of arctic‐alpine and boreal‐montane lichen species is analyzed. Relevant ecological groups of lichens include terricolous heathland species, saxicolous species of exposed rock outcrops and boulder fields as well as epiphytes of mountain forests. These three groups of lichens experienced significant declines before the onset of late 20th century warming in the 1970s. These declines can be attributed to the abandonment of traditional land use systems in the case of the heathland lichens, increased recreational use of the exposed summits usually inhabited by cold‐tolerant saxicolous lichens, and to high atmospheric SO 2 levels in the mid‐20th century, but are probably not directly connected to global warming. |
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Global warming and alternative causes of decline in arctic‐alpine and boreal‐montane lichens in North‐Western Central Europe |
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Global warming and alternative causes of decline in arctic‐alpine and boreal‐montane lichens in North‐Western Central Europe |
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Global warming and alternative causes of decline in arctic‐alpine and boreal‐montane lichens in North‐Western Central Europe |
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Global warming and alternative causes of decline in arctic‐alpine and boreal‐montane lichens in North‐Western Central Europe |
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Global warming and alternative causes of decline in arctic‐alpine and boreal‐montane lichens in North‐Western Central Europe |
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