Aspects of the ecology of mat-forming lichens

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Author: Crittenden, P. D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2000
• Subjects: lichen ecology; acid rain; allelopathy; grazing; growth; lichens; nitrogen fixation; recycling; trampling; Arctic; Alectoria; Rangifer; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1508; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.20.2-3.1508

Lichen species in the genera Cladonia (subgenus Cladina), Cetraria, Stereocaulon and Alectoria are important vegetation components on well-drained terrain and on elevated micro-sites in peatlands in boreal-Arctic regions. These lichens often form closed mats, the component thalli in which grow verti...