Biomass of Arboreal Lichens and its Vertical Distribution in a Boreal Coniferous Forest in Central Finland
- 1 September 2000
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Lichenologist
- Vol. 32 (5) , 495-504
- https://doi.org/10.1006/lich.2000.0288
Abstract
The biomass of lichens and its vertical distribution on trees were investigated in a > 100-year-old boreal forest in central Finland. The lichen biomass on individual trees was 1292–3669 g tree−1 on Picea abies and 742 g tree −1 on Pinus sylvestris. More than half of the biomass occurred on dead branches. The proportion of Hypogymnia physodes appeared to rise with the canopy height while the other lichens (Platismatia glauca, Bryoria spp. and Pseudevernia furfuracea) decreased. Mean total lichen biomass for sampled trees on an aerial basis was 163 gm −2. The standing crop of litter lichen deposited on ground was about9 gm −2.Keywords
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