Master’s thesis Department of Ecology Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Epiphytic lichens associated with different traffic intensities along the highway E4 Chiho Okuyama Photo: Photo: Chiho Okuyama Independent Project/Degree Project in Biology • 30 hp • Advanced level E Master’s programme in Plant Biology • Master’s thesis / SLU, Department of Ecology, Uppsala 2012 1 Title: Epiphytic lichens associated with different traffic intensities along the highway E4 Title in Swedish: Epifytisk lavflora längs E4:an relaterad till olika trafikintensitet Key Words: bioindicator, air pollution, species richness, sensitivity, recolonisation, disappearance, forest ecosystem Auther: Chiho Okuyama Supervisor: Göran Thor, Department of Ecology E-mail:
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[email protected] Credits: 30 ETCS, 30 hp Level: Advanced E Course title: Independent Project/Degree Project in Biology Course code: EX0565 Programme/education: Master’s programme in Plant Biology Place of publication: Uppsala Year of publication: 2012 Picture Cover: Chiho Okuyama Title of the Series: Master’s thesis in Biology/Ecology 30 hp The Series number: 2012:01 Online publication: http://stud.epsilon.slu.se Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences Department of Ecology 2 Contents SAMMANFATTNING .................................................................................... 4 ABSTRACT