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Climate Biomonitoring with Lichens in British Columbia’s Inland Temperate Rainforest

Journal of Ecosystems and Management

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Title Climate Biomonitoring with Lichens in British Columbia’s Inland Temperate Rainforest
 
Creator MacDonald, Asha Marie
Coxson, Darwyn
Bjork, Curtis
 
Subject biomonitoring; lichen; inland temperate rainforest
 
Description Rapid climate change is predicted for British Columbia’s Inland Temperate Rainforest (ITR), a globally unique ecosystem. Lichens, which may serve as effective biomonitors of ecosystem health, have been proposed for use as climate change indicators for a variety of ecosystems globally. This research presents a climate biomonitoring protocol using arboreal macrolichen communities in the inland rainforest in British Columbia. We report our initial findings of 39 lichen taxa, including a number of rare species and cyanolichens, which may be especially sensitive to climate. Comparisons of these data with future measurements will provide an indication of how the inland rainforest may be responding to climate change.
 
Publisher Canadian Institute for Studies in Publishing Press
 
Contributor Future Forest Ecosystems Scientific Council of British Columbia, the National Science and Engineering Council of Canada, the University of Northern British Columbia, and B.C. Ministry of the Environment (Parks 100)
 
Date 2013-04-12
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://jem-online.org/index.php/jem/article/view/193
 
Source Journal of Ecosystems and Management; Vol 14, No 1 (2013)
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://jem-online.org/index.php/jem/article/view/193/487
http://jem-online.org/index.php/jem/article/downloadSuppFile/193/340