Lichens facilitate seedling recruitment in alpine heath

• Published in: Journal of Vegetation Science
• Main Authors: Nystuen, Kristin O., Sundsdal, Kristine, Opedal, Øystein H., Holien, Håkon, Strimbeck, G. Richard, Graae, Bente J.
• Other Authors: Research Centre for Ecological Change, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Plant Adaptation and Conservation
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd (10.1111) 2020
• Subjects: Alectoria; CLADONIA; CLIMATE-CHANGE; Cetraria; Cladonia heath; DOMINATED SYSTEMS; EMERGENCE; Flavocetraria; GROWTH; POSITIVE INTERACTIONS; REINDEER; SCOTS PINE; Stereocaulon; VEGETATION CHANGES; WATER RELATIONS; ground lichen; lichen secondary metabolites; lichen-plant interaction; microclimate; seedling emergence; soil moisture; tundra; vascular plant colonization; 1172 Environmental sciences; 1181 Ecology; evolutionary biology; Arctic; Dovrefjell; Norway; Climate change; Tundra
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/315292

Abstract Questions How do mat thickness, physical structure and allelopathic properties of terricolous mat-forming lichens affect recruitment of vascular plants in dwarf-shrub and lichen heath vegetation?. Location The mountains of Dovrefjell, central Norway. Methods In autumn, seeds of ten vascular...