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Increasing fire severity causes lichen diversity losses

2018 Research Brief

Description

Though often inconspicuous, lichens play critical ecological roles in many terrestrial ecosystems. This paper discusses how lichens respond to fire severity and how fast lichens recolonize after fire.


Author

This brief was written by Jesse E. D. Miller and produced by the CFSC.

Contact

For more information, contact: jedmiller@ucdavis.edu 

Additional Information

Miller, Jesse E. D., Heather Root, and Hugh Safford. 2018. Altered fire regimes cause long-term lichen diversity losses. Global Change Biology, in press.