Lichens are complex organisms that can live at extreme places, at the same time they are important for several ecosystem services but also sensitive to forestry, air pollution and climate change. Something that several studies on lichens have concluded is that the lack of old trees or trees with a large circumference affects many species of lichens, and this is a consequence of today's forestry in Sweden. Since Småland has a high value of forests and is far ahead when it comes to revenue, it was interesting to investigate how epiphytic lichens are affected by this. The study was conducted in Härensås, a village that belongs to Växjö municipality. Two different forests were surveyed, a production forest with spruce and a mixed coniferous forest consisting mainly of pine and spruce. By comparing the species richness of epiphytic lichens in both forest types, we got the result that lichens are not only dependent on large and old trees, but are also influenced by the diversity of tree species in an area.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hh-50952 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Gustafsson, Sigrid, Rolandsson, Nellie |
| Publisher | Högskolan i Halmstad |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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