This review aims at summarizing literature on epiphytic lichens in relation with forest
management in temperate deciduous forests of Europe, including suggestions for mitigating …

Currently, forest ecosystems are often located in remote areas, far from direct sources of air
pollution. Nonetheless, they may be affected by different types of atmospheric deposition …

Aim We investigated the consistency between richness and trait-based diversity metrics in
capturing the effects of management-related habitat factors on biodiversity. The choice of …

Major environmental gradients co‐vary with elevation and have been a longstanding natural
tool allowing ecologists to study global diversity patterns at smaller scales, and to make …

Climate change is expected to cause several impacts at the global scale, and drylands will
be amongst the most affected areas. Thus, investigating how these changes will affect the …

Epiphytic lichens are good ecological indicators of climatic and environmental changes. The
physiology of lichens is related with their morphology and anatomy (traits) and thus the …

Aim Patterns of epiphytic lichen diversity along elevational gradients covering the range of
Norway spruce forests were analysed. The roles of water and energy variables in sha** …

Both macroclimate and evolutionary events may influence symbiont association and
diversity patterns. Here we assess how climatic factors and evolutionary events shape …

Air pollution and the urban heat island effect are known to directly affect ecosystems in
urban areas. Lichens, which are widely known as good ecological indicators of air quality …

Despite the fact that Italy is among the lichenologically best known areas worldwide, a
national red list of lichens is still lacking. The aim of this work was to provide a red list of the …