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Affeld, K., J. Sullivan, S. P. Worner & R. K. Didham. 2008. Can spatial variation in epiphyte diversity and community structure be predicted from sampling vascular epiphytes alone? Journal of Biogeography 35(12): 2274–2288. [Study in temperate rain forest of South Island, New Zealand, on epiphytes of Metrosideros robusta trees. Lichens ranged from 10–18% of the epiphytic flora. ‘‘Although we found some evidence that vascular plant seedling establishment was linked to the presence of lichens and the biomass of nonliving components in the epiphyte mats, there was no correlation in the spatial patterning or determinants of species richness between non-vascular and vascular plants.’’ There is no listing of the lichen species encountered.] Aptroot, A. & L. Sparrius. 2008. Crustose Roccellaceae in the Galapagos Islands, with the new species Schismatomma spierii. The Bryologist 111(4): 659–666. [Treatment of 24 spp. (many new records for the Galapagos and Ecuador); key. New: S. spierii n.sp. on coastal and inland trees. ‘‘Lecanographa laingiana is reported for the first time from the New World.’’ The genus Opegrapha was not included in this study.] Armaleo, D., Y. Zhang & S. Cheung. 2008. Light might regulate divergently depside and depsidone accumulation in the lichen Parmotrema hypotropum by affecting thallus temperature and water potential. Mycologia 100(4): 565–576. [A direct correlation was observed between the yearly amount of light reaching the lichen and the amount of atranorin. In contrast, the amount of norstictic acid decreased with increasing light.] Benatti, M. N. & M. P. Marcelli. 2007. Generos de fungos liquenizados dos manguezais do sul-sudeste do Brasil, com enfoque no manguezal do Rio Itanhaem, Sao Paulo. Acta Botanica Brasilica 21(4): 863–878. [Treatment of 81 genera (including a key) of lichens from mangrove forests in the region. In Portuguese with English abstract.] ——— & ———. 2008. Especies de Parmotrema (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycetes liquenizados) com maculas reticulares do litoral centro-sul do estado de Sao Paulo, Brasil. Hoehnea 35(1): 75–90. [Treatment (with key) of 6 spp. previously placed in the genus Rimelia. In Portuguese with English summary.] Berger, F. & A. Aptroot. 2008. Bactrospora flavopruinosa, a new lichen species from Bermuda. Lichenologist 40(6): 543–547. [New: B. flavopruinosa n.sp. from decorticated trunk of Juniperus bermudiana.] Bielczyk, U. 2005. Porosty w Tatrach. Pamietnik Polskiego Towarzystaw Tatrzanskiego [Memoir of the Polish Tatra Society] 14: 7–18. [General article on lichens of the Tatra Mountains, Poland. In Polish.] Bostock, P. & A. Holland. 2008. Appendix VIII: New names and taxa for Queensland plants, algae, lichens, bryophytes and fungi. July 2006 to June 2007. Pages 41–54. In A. Holland & P. Postock (eds.), Queensland Herbarium Achievements 2006–2007. Environmental Protection Agency, The State Government of Queensland. [Brief compiled report including 20 lichen spp.] Botting, R. S., J. Campbell & A. L. Fredeen. 2008. Contrasting arboreal and terrestrial macrolichen and bryophyte communities in old-growth sub-boreal forests of central British Columbia. The Bryologist 111(4): 607–619. [Authors analyzed biomass and nitrogen content in 71 spp. of macrolichens and 47 spp. of bryophytes in the study area NE of Prince George. ‘‘In total, terrestrial and arboreal lichens and bryophytes represented 20–39 kg N ha in this old-growth sub-boreal spruce ecosystem.’’] Bowker, M. A., G. W. Koch, J. Belnap & N. C. Johnson. 2008. Nutrient availability affects pigment production but not growth in lichens of biological soil crusts. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40(11): 2819–2826. [Experiments with Collema tenax. ‘‘Although Mn fertilization does not appear likely to increase photosynthesis or growth of Collema, it could have a role in survivorship during environmentally * The cumulative database for this series is available in searchable form on the World Wide Web at http://www.nhm.uio.no/botanisk/bot-mus/ lav/sok_rll.htm. I owe special thanks to Bill Buck for providing copies of papers by other authors, which were otherwise unavailable to me, and to the cooperating authors who send reprints or electronic versions of their works to me for inclusion in this series.