Functional traits of epiphytic lichens as potential indicators of environmental conditions in forest ecosystems

By P. Giordani, G. Brunialti, Giovanni Bacaro, J. Nascimbene. 2012

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Lichen traits responding to aridity (2015, background): “This functional group is usually regarded as indicator of light-related factors caused by forest structure, like canopy openness, as light is usually their most limiting factor (Giordani et al. 2012; Li, Liu & Li 2013) and is commonly known to be bound to more © 2014 The Authors.”
Evaluating the conservation status of epiphytic lichens of Italy: A red list (2013, background): “…2003), especially for epiphytic lichens which are being largely used for monitoring the effects of air pollution (Cislaghi & Nimis 1997), for evaluating the effects of forest management (Nascimbene et al. 2007) and for long-term monitoring of forest conditions (Giordani et al. 2006, 2012).”
Epiphytic lichen diversity along elevational gradients: biological traits reveal a complex response to water and energy (2015, background): “The response of lichen communities to climatic factors is likely to be mediated by different functional traits (e.g. photobiont type and growth form) that determine the performance of the species under given environmental conditions (Diaz & Cabido, 2001; Giordani et al., 2012; Rapai et al., 2012).”