Evaluated publications containing records of lichens of Alberta (Canada)
Version 31 December 2017

 

  1. Achuff, P. L. & G. H. La Roi, 1977: Picea-Abies forests in the highlands of northern Alberta. - Vegetatio 33: 127 - 146.
  2. Addison, P. A., 1984: Quantification of branch dwelling lichens for the detection of air pollution impact. - Lichenologist 16: 297 - 304.

  3. Douglas, G. W., W. L: Peterson & A. C. Skorepa, 1981: A preliminary checklist of the mosses and lichens in the Fort McMurray area, Alberta, Canada. - Canadian J. Bot. 59: 1456-1464.

  4. Glew, K. A., 1994: Range extension of the lichen Vulpicida tilesii (Ascomycotina, Parmeliaceae) into the Pacific Northwest of the United States. - Bryologist 97 1: 83 - 84.
  5. Goward, T., T. Ahti, J. A. Elix & T. Spribille, 2010: Hypogymnia recurva and Hypogymnia wilfiana spp. nov., two new lichens from western North America. - Botany 88: 345-351.

  6. John, E. A., 1989: The saxicolous lichen flora of Jonas Rockslide, Jasper National Park, Alberta. - Bryologist 92, 1: 105-111.

  7. Poelt, J. & T. H. Nash, 1993: Studies in the Umbilicaria vellea group (Umbilicariaceae) in North America. - Bryologist 96, 3: 422 - 430.

  8. Spribille, T., 2002: Additions to the lichen flora of Alberta, Canada from Crowsnest Pass. - Evansia 19, 1: 20 - 21.

  9. Thomson, J. W., 1984: American Arctic Lichens 1. The Macrolichens. - Columbia University Press.
  10. Thomson, J. W., 1997: American Arctic Lichens 2. The Microlichens. - University of Wisconsin Press.

  11. Westberg, M., 2010: The identity of Candelariella canadensis. - Lichenologist 42, 1: 119 - 122.

 

Not evaluated:

 

  1. Bauer, I. E. & D. H. Vitt 2011: Peatland dynamics in a complex landscape: Development of a fen-bog complex in the Sporadic Discontinuous Permafrost zone of northern Alberta, Canada. - Boreas 40, 4: 714-726.
  2. Bender, K. & R. T. Ogilvie, 1967: Additions to the lichen flora of Alberta. - Bryologist 70: 363 - 364.
  3. Bird, C. D., 1966: A catalog of the lichens reported from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. - Department of Biology, The University, Calgary, Alberta. 46 pp.
  4. Bird, C. D., 1970: Keys to the lichens of West-central Canada. - Herbarium, Department of Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary. 171 pp.
  5. Bird, C. D., 1970: Notes on the bryophytes and lichens collected by John Macoun in the Cypress Hills. - Blue Jay 1970: 127 - 129.
  6. Bird, C. D., 1970: Publications dealing with the plants of Alberta. - Herbarium, Department of Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary. 12 pp.
  7. Bird, C. D., 1972: A catalog of the lichens reported from Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Revised August 17, 1972. - Department of Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary. 49 pp.
  8. Bird, C. D., 1973: Species collected in Alberta on the first 1971 foray of the American Bryological and Lichenological Society. Part I. Introduction and lichens. - Bryologist 76: 388 - 402.
  9. Bird, C. D. & I. S. R. Halladay, 1967: The Cypress Hills. - In: W. G. Hardy (ed.): Alberta--A Natural History. M. G. Hurtig, Publishers, Edmonton, Alberta, pp. 117 - 133.
  10. Bird, C. D. & A. H. Marsh, 1972: Phytogeography and ecology of the lichen family Cladoniaceae in southwestern Alberta. - Canad. Jour. Bot. 50: 915 - 933.
  11. Bird, C. D. & A. H. Marsh, 1973: Phytogeography and ecology of the lichen family Parmeliaceae in southwestern Alberta. - Canad. J. Bot. 51: 261 - 288.
  12. Bird, C. D. & A. H. Marsh, 1973: Phytogeography and ecology of the lichen family Umbilicariaceae in southwestern Alberta. - Canad. Jour. Bot. 51: 2169 - 2175.
  13. Breuss, O., 1998: On the taxonomy of "Catapyrenium" plumbeum (lichenized Ascomycetes, Verrucariaceae). - Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 100 B: 671-676.
  14. Brown, S. M., R. M. Petrone, C. Mendoza and K. J. Devito, 2010: Surface vegetation controls on evapotranspiration from a sub-humid Western Boreal Plain wetland. - Hydrological Processes 24, 8: 1072-1085.
  15. Bryant, J. P. & E. Scheinberg, 1970: Vegetation and frost activity in an alpine fellfield on the summit of Plateau Mountain, Alberta. - Canad. Jour. Bot. : 751 - 771.

  16. Carroll, S. B. & L. C. Bliss, 1982: Jack pine-lichen woodland on sandy soils in northern Saskatchewan and northeastern Alberta. - Canadian Journal of Botany 60: 2270 - 2282.
  17. Case, J. W., 1977: Lichens on Populus tremuloides in western central Alberta, Canada. - Bryologist 80: 48-70.
  18. Case, J. W., 1980: The influence of three sour gas processing plants on the ecological distribution of epiphytic lichens in the vicinity of Fox Creek and Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada. - Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 14: 45-68.
  19. Case, J. W., 1984: Lichen biomonitoring networks in Alberta. - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 4: 303-313.
  20. Case, J. W. & H. R. Krouse, 1980: Variations in sulphur content and stable sulphur isotope composition of vegetation near a SO2 source at Fox Creek, Alberta, Canada. - Oecologia [Berlin] 44: 248-257.
  21. Coxson, D. S. & K. A. Kershaw, 1983: The ecology of Rhizocarpon superficiale. I. The rock surface boundary-layer microclimate. - Canadian Journal of Botany 61: 3009-3018.
  22. Coxson, D. S. & K. A. Kershaw, 1984: Low-temperature acclimation of net photosynthesis in the crustaceous lichen Caloplaca trachyphylla. - Canadian Journal of Botany 62: 86-95.
  23. Coxson, D. S. & J. A. Wilson, 2004: Carbon gain in Cladina mitis from mixed feather moss mats in a sub-alpine spruce-fir forest: the role of soil respiratory carbon dioxide release. - Symbiosis 37: 307-321.
  24. Crisfield, V., S. Macdonald & A. Gould 2012: Effects of recreational traffic on alpine plant communities in the northern Canadian Rockies. - Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 44(3): 277-287.
  25. Crites, S. & M. R. T. Dale, 1998: Diversity and abundance of bryophytes, lichens, and fungi in relation to woody substrate and successional stage in aspen mixedwood boreal forests. - Canadian Journal of Botany 76(4): 641-651.

  26. Dale, M. R. T., E. A. John & D. J. Blundon, 1991: Contact sampling for the detection of interspecific association: a comparison in two vegetation types. - Journal of Ecology 79: 781-792.
  27. Davies, M. J. E., 2012: Air quality modeling in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region. - Developments in Environmental Science 11: 267-309.
  28. Desserud, P. A. & M. A. Naeth 2013: Natural recovery of rough fescue (Festuca hallii (Vasey) Piper) grassland after disturbance by pipeline construction in central Alberta, Canada. - Natural Areas Journal 33(1): 91-98.
  29. Downing, D. J., R. J. Bayer & D. H. Vitt, 1991: Rare and disjunct plants from Whitemud Falls Ecological Reserve, northeastern Alberta. - Canadian Field-Naturalist 105, 3: 376-381.
  30. Dunford, J. S., P. D. McLoughlin, F. Dalerum & S. Boutin, 2006: Lichen abundance in the peatlands of northern Alberta: implications for boreal caribou. - Ecoscience 13, 4: 469-474.

  31. Edgerton, E. S., J. M. Fort, K. Baumann, J. R. Graney, M. S. Landis, S. Berryman & S. Krupa 2012: Method for extraction and multielement analysis of Hypogymnia physodes samples from the Athabasca Oil Sands Region. - Developments in Environmental Science 11: 315-342.
  32. Elsinger, M., E. Burrell, N. deBruyn, K. Tanasichuk & K. Timoney, 2007: The influence of air pollution on corticolous lichens near the Strathcona Industrial Area, Alberta. - Canadian Field-Naturalist 121, 1: 17-23.

  33. Fyles, J.W. & W. B. McGill, 1987: Decomposition of boreal forest litters from central Alberta under laboratory conditions. - Canadian Journal of Forest Research 17, 2: 109-114.
  34. Fyles, J. W. & W. B. McGill, 1987: Nitrogen mineralization in forest soil profiles from central Alberta. - Canadian Journal of Forest Research 17(3): 242-249.

  35. Goffinet, B., 1994: Floristic notes on the lichen and lichenicolous fungi flora of Alberta Canada. - Mycotaxon 51: 1-4.
  36. Goffinet, B. & R. I. Hastings, 1994: The lichen genus Peltigera (Lichenized Ascomycetes) in Alberta. - Natural History Occasional Paper, 21, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton. 54 pp.
  37. Goffinet, B., J. Miadlikowska & T. Goward, 2003: Phylogenetic inferences based on nrDNA sequences support five morphospecies within the Peltigera didactyla complex (lichenized Ascomycota). - The Bryologist 106, 3: 349-364.
  38. Goward, T., 1985: Ahtiana, a new lichen genus in the Parmeliaceae. - Bryologist 88: 367-371.
  39. Goward, T. & B. Goffinet, 2000: Peltigera chionophila, a new lichen (Ascomycetes) from the Western Cordillera of North America. - Bryologist 103, 3: 493-498.

  40. Haughland, D. L. & M. Martel, 2016: Chaenothecopsis oregana New to Canada. - Evansia 33, 1: 34-39.
  41. Horton, D. G., D. H. Vitt & G. N. Slack, 1979: Habitats of circumboreal-subarctic sphagna: I. A quantitative analysis and review of species in the Caribou Mountains, northern Alberta. - Canadian Journal of Botany 57: 2283-2317.
  42. Hrapko, J. O. & G. H. La Roi, 1978: The alpine tundra vegetation of Signal Mountain, Jasper National Park. - Canad. Jour. Bot. 56: 309-332.
  43. Huebert, D. B., S. J. L'Hirondelle P. A. Addison, 1985: The effects of sulphur dioxide on net CO2 assimilation in the lichen Evernia mesomorpha Nyl. - New Phytologist 100: 643-651.

  44. Iacomini, M., Gorin, PAJ/ Baron, M/ Tulloch, AP/ Mazurek, M 1988: Novel D-glucans obtained by dimethyl sulfoxide extraction of the lichens Letharia vulpina, Actinogyra muehlenbergii, and an Usnea sp. - Carbohydrate Research 176, 1: 117-126.

  45. Jaques, D. R. & A. H. Legge, 2012: Ecological analogues for biomonitoring industrial sulfur emissions in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta, Canada. - Developments in Environmental Science 11: 219-241.
  46. John, E. A., 1989: An assessment of the role of biotic interactions and dynamic processes in the organization of species in a saxicolous lichen community. - Canadian Journal of Botany 67, 7: 2025-2037.
  47. John, E. A., 1989: Note on the sizes of largest thalli of three species of Rhizocarpon (subgenus Rhizocarpon) at a rockslide in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. - Arctic and Alpine Research 21(2): 185-187.
  48. John, E. A., 1990: Fine scale patterning of species distributions in a saxicolous lichen community at Jonas Rockslide, Canadian Rocky Mountains. - Holarctic Ecology 13(3): 187-194.
  49. John, E. & M. R. T. Dale, 1989: Niche relationships amongst Rhizocarpon species at Jonas Rockslide, Alberta, Canada. - Lichenologist 21, 4: 313-330.
  50. John, E. & M. R. T. Dale, 1990: Environmental correlates of species distributions in a saxicolous lichen community. - Journal of Vegetation Science 1: 385-392.
  51. Johnson, J. D., 1989: Additions to the lichen flora of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. - Canadian Field-Naturalist 103, 1: 96-99.
  52. Jonescu, M. E., 1970: Lichens on Populus tremuloides in west-central Canada. - Bryologist 73: 557-578.

  53. Kalgutkar, R. M. & D. C. Bird, 1969: Lichens fround on Larix lyallii and Pinus albicaulis in southwestern Alberta, Canada. - Canad. Jour. Bot. 47: 627-648.
  54. Kennedy, K. A. & P. A. Addison, 1987: Some considerations for the use of visual estimates of plant cover in biomonitoring. - Journal of Ecology 75: 151-157.

  55. Landis, M. S., J. P. Pancras, J. R. Graney, R. K. Stevens, K. E. Percy & S. Krupa 2012: Receptor modeling of epiphytic lichens to elucidate the sources and spatial distribution of inorganic air pollution in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region. - Developments in Environmental Science 11: 427-467.
  56. Latham, A. D. M. & S. Boutin 2008: Evidence of arboreal lichen use in peatlands by white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus, in northeastern Alberta. - Canadian Field-Naturalist 122(3): 230-233.
  57. La Roi, G/ Strong, WL/ Pluth, DJ 1988: Understory plant community classifications as predictors of forest site quality for lodgepole pine and white spruce in west-central Alberta. - Canadian Journal of Forest Research 18, 7: 875-887.
  58. Lee, P. G. & R. A. Ellis, RA/ Achuff, PL 1982: Vegetation and flora of the Caribou Mountains, Alberta. - Canadian Field-Naturalist 96: 389-408.
  59. Luckman, B. H., 1977: Lichenometric dating of holocene moraines at Mount Edith Cavell, Jasper, Alberta. - Canadian Journal of Earth Science 14: 1809-1822.

  60. Macoun, J., 1902: Catalogue of Canadian Plants. VII. Lichens and hepaticae. - Ottawa.
  61. McCarthy, D. P. & D. J. Smith, 1995: Growth curves for calcium-tolerant lichens in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. - Arctic and Alpine Research 27, 3: 290-297.
  62. Miller, C. A., B. W. Benscoter & M. R. Tursetsky, 2015: The effect of long-term drying associated with experimental drainage and road construction on vegetation composition and productivity in boreal fens. - Wetlands Ecology and Management 23, 5: 845-854.
  63. Moss, E. H., 1953: Forest communities in northwestern Alberta. - Canad. Jour. Bot. 31, 2: 212-252.
  64. Moss, E. H., 1953: Marsh and bog vegetation in northwestern Alberta. - Canad. Jour. Bot. 31: 448-470.
  65. Munir, T. M., B. Xu, M. Perkins & M. Strack, 2014: Responses of carbon dioxide flux and plant biomass to water table drawdown in a treed peatland in Northern Alberta: A climate change perspective. - Biogeosciences 11, 3: 807-820.

  66. Nordin, A., 1999: Buellia species with pluriseptate spores: new and unrecorded species in North America. - Bryologist 102, 2: 249-264.

  67. Percy, K. E. 2013: Geoscience of climate and energy 11. Ambient air quality and linkage to ecosystems in the Athabasca oil sands, Alberta. - Geoscience Canada 40, 3: 182-201.
  68. Pinno, B. D. & R. C. Errington, 2016: Burn severity dominates understory plant community response to fire in xeric jack pine forests. - Forests 7, 4: 10.3390/f7040083.

  69. Rossman, A. Y., G. J. Samuels, Rogerson, CT/ Lowen, R 1999: Genera of Bionectriaceae, Hypocreaceae and Nectriaceae (Hypocreales, Ascomycetes). - Studies in Mycology, 42, Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Baarn/Delft. 248 pp.
  70. Rowland, S. M., C. E. Prescott, S. J. Grayston, S. A. Quideau and G. E. Bradfield 2009: Recreating a functioning forest soil in reclaimed oil sands in northeastern Alberta: an approach for measuring success in ecological restoration. - Journal of Environmental Quality 38: 1580-1590.

  71. See, M. G. & L. C. Bliss, 1980: Alpine lichen-dominated communities in Alberta and the Yukon. - Canadian Journal of Botany 58: 2148 - 2170.
  72. Sheard, J. W. & H. Mayrhofer, 2002: New species of Rinodina (Physciaceae, lichenized Ascomycetes) from western North America. - Bryologist 105, 4: 645-672.
  73. Skorepa, A. C. & D. H. Vitt, 1976: A quantitative study of epiphytic lichen vegetation in relation to SO2 pollution in western Alberta. - Northern Forest Research Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Information Report NOR-X-161. 26 pp.
  74. Smith, A. M., M. J. Hill & Y. Zhang, 2015: Estimating ground cover in the mixed prairie grassland of southern Alberta using vegetation indices related to physiological function. - Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 41, 1: 51-66.
  75. Sokoloff, P. C., 2015: The flora of Cunningham Inlet, Somerset Island, Nunavut: History, analysis, and new collections of vascular plants, mosses, lichens, and algae. - Canadian Field-Naturalist 129, 1: 24-37.

  76. Thomson, J. W. & T. Ahti, 1994: Lichens collected on an Alaska Highway expedition in Alaska and Canada. - Bryologist 97, 2: 138 - 157.
  77. Timoney, K. P. & J. E. Marsh, 2005: Lichen trimlines in the Peace-Athabasca Delta: variations in flora, form, and disturbance regime. - Canadian Field-Naturalist 119, 1: 76-81.
  78. Timoney, K. P. & J. Marsh, 2004: Lichen trimlines in northern Alberta: establishment, growth rates, and historic water levels. - Bryologist 107, 4: 429-440.

  79. Weclaw, P. & R. J. Hudson, 2004: Simulation of conservation and management of woodland caribou. - Ecological Modelling 177: 75-94.