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

Creator:

Jovan, Sarah

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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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Dissertation

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Reserved l3ioindication of Air Quality in forests of'Northern and Central California Using Epiphytic
Yosemite region nitrogen deposition and patterns in the composition of lichen communities

Creator:

Hutten, Martin

Abstract:

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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Dissertation

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eutroph-dominated. There was weak evidence for a decline of lichen oligotrophs on conifer branches with