Indicator Species

[RobArb]

Just been reading bits on Indicator plants, tis all very interesting stuff:thumbup:

 

as anybody heard of the ellenberg values and actually use plants as indicators for planning/planting etc?

 

do fungi have indicator species?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Just been reading bits on Indicator plants, tis all very interesting stuff:thumbup:

 

as anybody heard of the ellenberg values and actually use plants as indicators for planning/planting etc?

 

do fungi have indicator species?

 

yes a valid and holistic method, and very reliable.

 

fungi do have indicators, ph tolereances same as plants, and some also indicate old growth like stereum subtomentosa

[RobArb]

Plant Strategies, Vegetation Processes, and Ecosystem Properties by Phil Grime

 

My next book me thinks:thumbup:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Plant Strategies, Vegetation Processes, and Ecosystem Properties by Phil Grime

 

My next book me thinks:thumbup:

 

sounds good, whats the price?

[RobArb]

£51.00 @ amazon, might see if i can get it through my athen accounts or at least parts for the time being till my pennies are saved

[RobArb]

nope £60.00 @ wileyonline

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

also try summerfield books, they are very well priced here, got ryvardens at a really good price there. and they have all sorts of obscure science stuff

[Fungus]

fungi do have indicators, ph tolereances same as plants, and some also indicate old growth like stereum subtomentosa

 

There is a long list to be made of macrofungi as bio-indicators of :

- acidity : f.i. pH lower then 4 : disappearance of Cantharellus cibarius, shift in occurance of more acid-tolerant and disappearance of most of the acid-intolerant species and possible "explosions" of (by melanine against acids protected rhizomorphs of) parasitic Armillaria species,

- NOx and NOy disposition : tree species specific ectomycorrhizal symbionts disappear, most of the saprotrophic litter and leaf or needle recyclers disappear with a thickening layer of coarse litter as a result, only poorly decomposed by species such as Lepista nebularis, Macrolepiota rachodes, Lepista inversa and/or Collybia maculata and the unbalancend dominance of brown rotters over white rotters of coniferous trees, especially when white rotters should be there in the optimum phase of coniferous forests,

- air pollution in general : appearance of Hypocreopsis lichenoides as a parasite of Hymenochaete tabacina, and

- drought or flooding tolerant opposite to intolerant species, etc.

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[RobArb]

Plant Strategies, Vegetation Processes and Ecosystem Properties Plant Science > General - John Wiley

 

your right, £41.25 thats a tenner saved and a good resource to know about:thumbup:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Plant Strategies, Vegetation Processes and Ecosystem Properties Plant Science > General - John Wiley

 

your right, £41.25 thats a tenner saved and a good resource to know about:thumbup:

 

it WAS my best kept secret!

 

great source of books though, find allsorts in there, really obscure stuff some of it.