Summary 11I. INTRODUCTION 12II. LICHEN BIONT CHARACTERISTICS 121. The
mycobiont 122. The photobiont 13III. LICHEN GROWTH 131. Allocation of resources 132 …

High-light damage in air-dry thalli of Lobaria pulmonaria were measured in the laboratory as
reductions in maximal PSII efficiency (FV/FM) after a 48 h recovery in a hydrated state at low …

Lichens and bryophytes may significantly affect global biogeochemical cycles by fixation of
nitrogen and biotic enhancement of surface weathering rates. Most of the studies suggesting …

In boreal forests, fire is a frequent disturbance and converts soil organic carbon (OC) to more
degradation‐resistant aromatic carbon, ie, black carbon (BC) which might act as a long‐term …

The exquisite preservation of organisms in the Early Devonian Rhynie chert ecosystem has
permitted the documentation of the morphology and life history biology of fungi belonging to …

Lichens and bryophytes are abundant globally and they may even form the dominant
autotrophs in (sub) polar ecosystems, in deserts and at high altitudes. Moreover, they can be …

Relations between irradiance (I) and lichen growth were investigated for five macro‐lichens
growing at two sites in Sweden. The lichens represented different mycobiont–photobiont …

Aiming to investigate whether a carbon-to-nitrogen equilibrium model describes resource
allocation in lichens, net photosynthesis (NP), respiration (R), concentrations of nitrogen (N) …

Lichens are well-suited organisms for experimental herbivory studies because their
secondary compounds, assumed to deter grazing, can be non-destructively extracted. Thalli …

Since lichens lack roots and take up water, solutes and gases over the entire thallus surface,
these organisms respond more sensitively to changes in atmospheric purity than vascular …