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In floristic as well as mapping studies applied to, for example, pollution monitoring, bark pH is important not only for the effect it has on the lichen distribution (see [1], and chapters 3 and 4, this volume), but also for the synergistic effect with air pollution, and needs to be measured. Generally, trees with similar ranges of pH-values are comparable regarding their characteristics as phorophytes [4]. Although bark is a solid material and cannot strictly have a pH, bark pH refers to the pH of unbuffered aqueous solution in contact with the bark.
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Kricke, R. (2002). Measuring Bark pH. In: Nimis, P.L., Scheidegger, C., Wolseley, P.A. (eds) Monitoring with Lichens — Monitoring Lichens. NATO Science Series, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0423-7_30
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