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  1. Simulated global warming increases usnic acid but reduces perlatolic acid in the mat-forming terricolous lichen Cladonia stellaris

    Article • The Lichenologist, May 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Johan Asplund

  2. Changes in functional traits of the terricolous lichen Peltigera aphthosa across a retrogressive boreal forest chronosequence

    Article • The Lichenologist, May 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Johan Asplund

  3. Within‐species variability is the main driver of community‐level responses of traits of epiphytes across a long‐term chronosequence

    Article • Functional Ecology, April 2014, Wiley

    Johan Asplund

  4. The influence of tree‐scale and ecosystem‐scale factors on epiphytic lichen communities across a long‐term retrogressive chronosequence

    Article • Journal of Vegetation Science, December 2013, Wiley

    Johan Asplund, Dr Paul Kardol

  5. Secondary compounds can reduce the soil micro-arthropod effect on lichen decomposition

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, November 2013, Elsevier

    Johan Asplund

  6. Seasonal and spatial variation in carbon based secondary compounds in green algal and cyanobacterial members of the epiphytic lichen genus Lobaria

    Article • Phytochemistry, October 2013, Elsevier

    Johan Asplund

  7. The impact of secondary compounds and functional characteristics on lichen palatability and decomposition

    Article • Journal of Ecology, March 2013, Wiley

    Johan Asplund

  8. Contrasting changes in palatability following senescence of the lichenized fungi Lobaria pulmonaria and L. scrobiculata

    Article • Fungal Ecology, December 2012, Elsevier

    Johan Asplund

  9. Lichen Specific Thallus Mass and Secondary Compounds Change across a Retrogressive Fire-Driven Chronosequence

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2012, PLOS

    Johan Asplund

  10. Snails avoid the medulla of Lobaria pulmonaria and L. scrobiculata due to presence of secondary compounds

    Article • Fungal Ecology, October 2011, Elsevier

    Johan Asplund

  11. Contents of carbon based defence compounds in the old forest lichen Lobaria pulmonaria vary along environmental gradients

    Article • Fungal Ecology, October 2011, Elsevier

    Johan Asplund

  12. Chemical races of Lobaria pulmonaria differ in palatability to gastropods

    Article • The Lichenologist, July 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Johan Asplund

  13. Optimal defense: snails avoid reproductive parts of the lichen Lobaria scrobiculata due to internal defense allocation

    Article • Ecology, October 2010, Wiley

    Johan Asplund

  14. Selective feeding by gastropods in Lobaria scrobiculata allows quantification of intrathalline anatomical layers

    Article • The Lichenologist, August 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Johan Asplund

  15. Grazing damage in the old forest lichenLobaria pulmonariaincreases with gastropod abundance in deciduous forests

    Article • The Lichenologist, August 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Johan Asplund

  16. Simulated nitrogen deposition influences gastropod grazing in lichens

    Article • Ecoscience, March 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Johan Asplund

  17. Gastropod grazing shapes the vertical distribution of epiphytic lichens in forest canopies

    Article • Journal of Ecology, December 2009, Wiley

    Johan Asplund

  18. The gastropod Arion fuscus prefers cyanobacterial to green algal parts of the tripartite lichen Nephroma arcticum due to low chemical defence

    Article • The Lichenologist, November 2009, Cambridge University Press

    Johan Asplund

  19. Fungal depsidones – an inducible or constitutive defence against herbivores in the lichen Lobaria pulmonaria?

    Article • Basic and Applied Ecology, May 2009, Elsevier

    Johan Asplund

  20. Mollusc grazing limits growth and early development of the old forest lichen Lobaria pulmonaria in broadleaved deciduous forests

    Article • Oecologia, November 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Johan Asplund

  21. Forest Successional Stage Affects the Cortical Secondary Chemistry of Three Old Forest Lichens

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, July 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Johan Asplund

  22. Content of secondary compounds depends on thallus size in the foliose lichen Lobaria pulmonaria

    Article • The Lichenologist, May 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Johan Asplund