The legacy of logging-estimating arboreal lichen occurrence in a boreal multiple-use landscape on a two century scale

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Horstkotte, Tim, Moen, Jon, Lämås, Tomas, Helle, Timo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap 2011
• Subjects: semi-domesticated reindeer; spruce-fir forest; epiphytic lichens; northern sweden; alectorioid lichens; canopy microclimate; mountain caribou; management; snow; biomass; Ecology; Ekologi; Other Earth and Related Environmental Sciences; Annan geovetenskap och miljövetenskap; Alectoria; Northern Sweden; reindeer husbandry
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-52037; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028779

In northern Sweden, the availability of arboreal lichens (Bryoria fuscescens, Alectoria sarmentosa) as winter grazing resources is an important element in reindeer husbandry. With the industrialization of forestry, forests rich in arboreal lichens have diminished considerably. Here, we analyze how f...