Aptroot A.
(2012):
Changes in the epiphytic flora on four Tilia trees in Belgium over 59 years,
Herzogia,
25(1): 39–45
The epiphytes on four Tilia trees in southern Belgium, which were studied by Barkman in 1952, were re-investigated
in 1999 and 2011. In 1952, 19 species of epiphytes (including 12 lichen species) were recorded; in 1999, there were 65
epiphyte species (including 49 lichens), and in 2011, 53 epiphyte species (including 41 lichens) were found. The enormous
increase in species between 1952 and 1999 is primarily attributable to colonization by additional species, which
is an early stage of natural …
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