@article{Saag_2007, title={The substrate preferences of epiphytic Lepraria species in old-growth forests in Estonia}, volume={43}, url={https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/FCE/article/view/13754}, abstractNote={<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>The study is based on herbarium specimens from the lichenological herbarium of the Natural History Museum of University of Tartu (TU). Altogether about 260 specimens were examined. Eight </span><em>Lepraria </em><span>species were found: </span><em>L. borealis, L. eburnea, L. elobata, L. incana, L. jackii, L. lobificans, L. umbricola </em><span>and </span><em>L. vouauxii</em><span>. Statistically significant substrate preferences </span><span>were discovered both on generic and species levels using Chi-square test and Dufrene-Legendre indicator species analyses. On the genus level, norway spruce was favoured as a substrate. </span><em>L. incana </em><span>was shown to prefer norway spruce, </span><em>L. elobata </em><span>and </span><em>L. lobificans </em><span>the bark of deciduous trees and </span><em>L. jackii </em><span>was not associated with any substrate group analysed. </span><em>L. borealis, L. eburnea, L. umbricola </em><span>and </span><em>L. vouauxii </em><span>did not show any affinities in this study, probably due to low number of records. </span></p></div></div></div>}, journal={Folia Cryptogamica Estonica}, author={Saag, Lauri}, year={2007}, month={Sep.}, pages={51–56} }