Lichen epiphyte diversity: A species, community and trait-based review

被引:238
作者
Ellis, Christopher J. [1 ]
机构
[1] Royal Bot Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Midlothian, Scotland
关键词
Dispersal-limitation; Ecosystem function; Forests; Life-history; Niche; Succession; ASPEN POPULUS-TREMULA; DOUGLAS-FIR FOREST; BOREAL PICEA-ABIES; NORTHERN FLYING SQUIRRELS; RED-LISTED LICHENS; OLD-GROWTH; LOBARIA-PULMONARIA; CORTICOLOUS LICHENS; VERTICAL-DISTRIBUTION; FRAXINUS-EXCELSIOR;
D O I
10.1016/j.ppees.2011.10.001
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
The forest canopy is fundamentally important in biodiversity conservation and ecosystem function. Cryptogamic epiphytes are dominant tree bole and canopy elements in temperate and boreal forests, though remain neglected by mainstream forest ecology. This review makes ecological information on cryptogamic epiphytes available to a non-specialist audience, to facilitate their integration in forest biodiversity and ecosystem studies more generally. The review focuses specifically on lichen epiphytes, highlighting their diversity and ecosystem role. A principal task is to explore pattern and process in lichen epiphyte diversity - species composition and richness - therefore demonstrating the utility of lichens as an ecological model system. The review examines key themes in previous research. First, the extensive literature used to resolve species response to, and community turnover along environmental/resource gradients, consistent with the habitat niche. Second, the evidence for dispersal-limitation, which may constrain community composition and richness in isolated habitats. Third, these two processes - the habitat niche and dispersal-limitation - are used to explain stand-scale diversity, in addition to the role of neutral effects (habitat area). Fourth, the review moves from a taxonomic (pattern) to a functional (process) perspective, considering evidence for autogenic succession evidenced by competition and/or facilitation, and non-random trends in life-history traits. This functional approach provides a counter-point to an assumption that lichen epiphyte communities are unsaturated and non-competitive, a situation which would allow the long-term accumulation of species richness with temporal continuity. Finally, the review explores landscape-scale impacts on lichen epiphytes, with recommendations for conservation. (C) 2011 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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