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  • Riparian lichens of northern Idaho

    Creator:
    Hutchinson, Jenifer L.
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    Riparian forests in the Idaho Panhandle, north of Whitebird, were surveyed for rare riparian lichen species. The region was stratified into nine geographic units and by stream size. Eighty-one plots were surveyed for lichen community, stand and river characteristics. Variables important to lichen community composition included regional differences, elevation, climatic...
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    , north of Whitebird, were surveyed for rare riparian lichen species. The region was stratified into nine

  • Lichen Functional Trait Variation Along an East-West Climatic Gradient in Oregon and Among Habitats in Katmai National Park, Alaska

    Creator:
    Spickerman, Kaleigh
    Abstract:
    Functional traits of vascular plants have been an important component of ecological studies for a number of years; however, in more recent times vascular plant ecologists have begun to formalize a set of key traits and universal system of trait measurement. Many recent studies hypothesize global generality of trait patterns,...
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    ., Rubio-Salcedo, M., & Gauslaa, Y. 2015. Epiphytic lichen growth in Mediterranean forests: Effects of

  • Cryptogam communities in forest and steppe ecosystems of Oregon, USA

    Creator:
    Root, Heather T.
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    I focus on addressing knowledge gaps relating to management of cryptogams in Oregon's public lands in Pseudotsuga menziesii-Tsuga heterophylla forests on the west side of the Cascade Range and dryland steppe in the Cascade Range's rainshadow. While a great deal of research has illustrated the importance of late-successional forests for...
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    lichen hotspots with canopy gaps, old-growth remnants, and wolf trees (for details, see Neitlich

  • Lichen Studies of Tropical Dry Forest: A Systematic and Ecological Approach

    Creator:
    Miranda-González, Ricardo
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    In recent years, our ecological knowledge of tropical dry forests has increased dramatically. However, whole components of the ecosystem, like lichenized fungi, remain mostly unknown. Crustose lichens in these forests are so abundant, that they are responsible for the characteristic appearance of a “white bark forest” during the dry season....
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    lichens are the dominant growth form. In Chapter 5, the lichen consumption component of herbivory

  • Community gradients of Arctic macrolichens in relation to succession, grazing and the environment

    Creator:
    Holt, Emily A.
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    The purpose of this dissertation was to define macrolichen community gradients in relation to succession, grazing and the environment. First, species scores indicating when macrolichen species appeared following disturbance were derived from the literature. Weighted averaging of these data with a community matrix created a successional score for each sample...
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    based on lichen growth rates (Ahti 1959; Vasander 1981) and descriptions of succession in the

  • Lichen communities and caribou habitat in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA

    Creator:
    Nelson, Peter R.
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    Lichens play many important roles in subarctic terrestrial ecosystems by fixing nitrogen, colonizing rock and gravel, stabilizing otherwise bare soil, adding significantly to vegetation biodiversity and serving as the primary food for caribou in the winter. In these chapters, I analyzed lichen community and ecological trait structure along environmental gradients,...
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    abundant in middle elevation, mossy areas. Lichen growth- forms peaked along desiccation and water

  • Bioindication of air quality in forests of northern and central California using epiphytic macrolichen communities

    Creator:
    Jovan, Sarah
    Abstract:
    The unifying purpose of this dissertation was to describe, model, and map relationships between epiphvtic macrolichen communities and air quality in Ibrests of northern and central California. First, multivariate analyses were used to subdivide the large study area into three model areas with similar climate, topography, and lichen communities: the...
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    into three model areas with similar climate, topography, and lichen communities: the NW Coast. the

  • Epiphytic macrolichens in relation to forest management and topography in a western Oregon watershed

    Creator:
    Berryman, Shanti D.
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    This dissertation describes patterns in epiphytic macrolichen community composition, diversity, and biomass across various stand types in the Blue River watershed of western Oregon. It first examines the relative importance of ecological factors such as stand age, remnant tree retention, and topography to lichen communities in the landscape. It then...
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    lower elevations and were most abundant in old growth (median 1,377 kg/ha). Lichen community

  • Yosemite region nitrogen deposition and patterns in the composition of lichen communities

    Creator:
    Hutten, Martin
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    This dissertation describes patterns in epiphytic macrolichen community composition along a nitrogen deposition gradient in the Yosemite region of the Sierra Nevada in California. This region is part of the largest federal air quality Class 1 designated air-shed in the western United States, covering the entire crest of the Sierra...
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    , 2014. Title: Yosemite Region Nitrogen Deposition and Patterns in the Composition of Lichen

  • Terrestrial lichen and bryophyte communities of the Blue Mountains in Northeast Oregon

    Creator:
    Hardman, Amanda
    Abstract:
    Although terrestrial lichens and bryophytes are common in upland plant communities of the Blue Mountains in northeast Oregon, research on cryptogam communities in this region is wanting. Studies have shown that lichens and bryophytes can reduce soil erosion and increase soil fertility in other semiarid habitats of North America. Understanding...
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    Masters Thesis