Do different logging strategies influence the abundance of epiphytic chlorolichens?
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Hilmo O., HYTTEBORN H. & HOLIEN H. (2005) Do different logging strategies influence the abundance of epiphytic chlorolichens?. The Lichenologist, 37, 543-553.
Published source details Hilmo O., HYTTEBORN H. & HOLIEN H. (2005) Do different logging strategies influence the abundance of epiphytic chlorolichens?. The Lichenologist, 37, 543-553.
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This study is summarised as evidence for the following.
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Log/remove trees within forests: effects on non-vascular plants
A controlled study in 1995-2001 in boreal forest in Norway (Hilmo, Hytteborn & Holien 2005) found that logging decreased cover and abundance of lichens. For Cavernularia hultenii, cover and abundance (number of lichen branches/m branch length) were lower in sites that were thinned by cutting few relatively large gaps (cover: 2.4%; abundance: 2.6) than in sites that were thinned by cutting a large number of relatively small gaps (cover: 4.2%; abundance: 5.5). Cover and abundance were the highest in unthinned sites (cover: 6.2%; abundance: 8.4). For Platismatia glauca cover (large gaps: 22.6%; small gaps: 30.4%; unthinned: 29.1%) and abundance (large gaps: 9.1; small gaps: 13.3; unthinned: 13.8) were lower in large gaps sites than in small gaps and unthinned sites. For Norwegian ragged lichen Platismatia norvegica cover (3.0-3.7%) and abundance (0.6-0.9) were similar between treatments. A 100 ha area was divided into large gaps (three clearcuts of 150 × 150 m), small gaps (23 clearcuts of 50 × 50 m) and unthinned sections. Logging was applied in 1995-1996. Lichens were monitored in 2001 on 110 trees (>40 cm diameter at breast height): 45 in each logging treatment and 20 in the unlogged section.
