TY - T1 - Complex interaction networks among cyanolichens of a tropical biodiversity hotspot SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/331768 T3 - A1 - Kaasalainen, Ulla Susanna; Tuovinen, Veera; Mwachala, Geoffrey; Pellikka, Petri; Rikkinen, Jouko Kalevi A2 - PB - Y1 - 2021 LA - eng AB - Interactions within lichen communities include, in addition to close mutualistic associations between the main partners of specific lichen symbioses, also more elusive relationships between members of a wider symbiotic community. Here, we analyze association patterns of cyanolichen symbionts in the tropical montane forests of Taita Hills, southern Kenya, which is part of the Eastern Afromontane biodiversity hotspot. The cyanolichen specimens analyzed represent 74 mycobiont taxa within the order ... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology; 11831 Plant biology; lichen; symbiosis; mycobiont; photobiont; photobiont-mediated guilds; peltigerales; Nostoc; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GREEN-ALGAL; CYANOBACTERIAL DIVERSITY; GELATINOUS LICHENS; MONTANE FORESTS; BOREAL FORESTS; TAITA HILLS; SELECTIVITY; SPECIFICITY N1 - PP - ER -