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Pesticide Usage and Epiphytic Lichen Diversity in Romanian Orchards

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2007

Katalin Bartók
Affiliation:
Institute of Biological Research, 48 Republicii, RO-3400 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Abstract

The epiphytic lichen floras of different orchards (intensive, semi-intensive apple cultivation and traditional old private garden) in North-West Romania were compared with and without pesticide treatment. Species richness was negatively influenced by the frequency of pesticide treatment.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 1999

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