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Monitoring Biodiversity And Ecosystem Function: Forests

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Monitoring with Lichens — Monitoring Lichens

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Scientists and land managers have been concerned about the state of forest lichens for many years. Most of the studies published during the last 100 years on lichens and pollution (e.g. reviews [49, 65] and section 1, this volume) have involved lichens on trees, and many studies have investigated forest lichen communities. In the last 50 years, concern about the loss of lichen diversity in connection with forest management and forest fragmentation has led to many studies designed to assess patterns and monitor trends of lichen biodiversity in forests worldwide (e.g. reviews [2, 82]). Recognition of the regional, continent-wide, and even global scale of adverse impacts on lichen communities has fostered studies and monitoring efforts designed to assess the impact of multiple factors adversely affecting forest lichen communities at large scales [43].

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  2. Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, SE-901 87, Umeå, Sweden

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  3. National Park Service, W Arctic National Parklands, 179 Front St., Suite 121, Nome, AK, 99762, USA

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Will-Wolf, S., Esseen, PA., Neitlich, P. (2002). Monitoring Biodiversity And Ecosystem Function: Forests. 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_14

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