Chapter 7 - Climate effects on lichen indicators for nitrogen

Abstract

The Lichen Communities Indicator is a sensitive indicator of forest health changes caused by air quality, climate change, and other stressors. To date, more than 8,000 epiphytic lichen surveys have been collected across the Nation by the Forest Inventory Analysis (FIA) and Forest Health Monitoring (FHM) Programs and their partners (table 7.1; Phelan and others 2012).

Parent Publication

• Forest health monitoring: National status, trends, and analysis 2012

Citation

Jovan, Sarah. 2014. Climate effects on lichen indicators for nitrogen. In: Potter, Kevin M.; Conkling, Barbara L., eds. Forest health monitoring: National status, trends, and analysis 2012. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station: 105-118. Chapter 7.