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This project provides a comprehensive review of past lichen establishment research, evaluating their long-term outcomes, methodologies, and lessons for current restoration efforts. The various components of this study:
- Investigate how substrate type and fragment size affect the success of transplanting familiar boreal terrestrial lichens in a controlled greenhouse environment over 26 months.
- Assess the influence of terrestrial lichen fragment size on establishment success across various substrate types in harvested forest areas.
- Examine the potential effectiveness of hydroseeding lichens as an innovative strategy to restore harvested forest lands. Hydroseeding helps prevent soil erosion by using a mix of seeds and other materials like fertilizers and tackifiers to stabilize the soil and quickly establish vegetation cover.
Find a summary here.
