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The distribution of fruticose, foliose and crustose lichen species in different altitude belts.

The distribution of fruticose, foliose and crustose lichen species in different altitude belts.

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... vitellina, Lecanora intricata, Rhizocarpon geographicum) predominate in the investigated territory (189 species or 48,7%); this is usual for all lichen floras of arctic, mountain and arid areas (Urbanavichus, 1998). They play an important role at all elevations, but show the maximum species diversity (89 species or 45,2%) in the upper forest belt (Fig. 2). A wide variety of microhabitats creates favorable conditions here for different species of all growth forms. In the alpine and nival belts crustose lichens predominate over other growth forms (Table 1). The rigorous conditions of these altitudes are evidently less favorable for foliose and fruticose lichens and vascular plants. were ...
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... general, the percentage of crustose lichens of the total lichen flora increases with altitude whereas the percentage of foliose lichens falls (Makryi, 1990), but our studies do not support this to date (Fig. 2); foliose lichens are much better known than crustose lichens in the Teberda Reserve, thus evidently many crustose taxa have yet to be reported. Further inquiry is needed to show the real picture. However, species richness of all growth forms tends to decrease with altitude. This phenomenon is probably connected with the smaller ...

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