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The Potential of Epiphytic Twig Communities on Quercus Petraea in a Welsh Woodland Site (Tycanol) For Evaluating Environmental Changes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2007

P. A. Wolseley  and
K. V. Pryor
P. A. Wolseley
Affiliation:
Botany Department, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK.
K. V. Pryor
Affiliation:
School of Pure and Applied Biology, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF1 3TL, UK.
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Abstract

A survey of epiphytic species on annual increments of Quercus petraea twigs in a west Wales woodland has shown that distribution of lichen species and rates of succession are affected by a range of environmental conditions. Lichen communities were recorded for 1–15 years on randomly sampled twigs along marked woodland boundaries affected by a range of climatic and management conditions. Results show that there is a correlation between environmental condition and lichen communities of twigs, and that indicator species can be used to detect trends towards acidification or eutrophication.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Lichenologist , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , January 1999 , pp. 41 - 61
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 1999

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