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Post-Fire Colonization of a Mediterranean Forest Stand by Epiphytic Lichens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2007

Angels Longán ,
Ester Gaya  and
Antonio Gómez-Bolea
Angels Longán
Affiliation:
Department of Biologia Vegetal (Botànica), Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avda. Diagonal 645, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Ester Gaya
Affiliation:
Department of Biologia Vegetal (Botànica), Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avda. Diagonal 645, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Antonio Gómez-Bolea
Affiliation:
Department of Biologia Vegetal (Botànica), Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avda. Diagonal 645, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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Abstract

The post-fire colonization of a Quercus ilex forest by epiphytic lichens has been studied in Catalonia (NE Spain), eleven years after a fire. Specific richness and lichen biomass have been studied separately on Quercus ilex, Erica arborea, Rosmarinus officinalis. and Cistus albidus, to reveal possible differences among phorophytes in facilitating lichen establishment. Shrubs play an important role in colonization by common species whereas the stools of Quercus ilex offer a suitable substratum for rarer species. Cistus albidus, with the highest lichen diversity and 98·2% of the total biomass of macrolichens, is the most suitable phorophyte for lichen establishment.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Lichenologist , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , July 1999 , pp. 389 - 395
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 1999

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