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Resarch interests

 

Lichenological aspects of canopy research: Two research projects financed by the Austrian Science Foundation have been performed in which the lichen synusia on canopy branches are studied.  Publication of  results achieved in these studies is continuing.

Vegetatively reproducing lichenized fungi in neotropical lowland rainforests: A research projects financed by the Austrian Science Foundation has been performed in which epiphytic sterile lichens of rainforests have been investigated.  Publication of  results achieved in these studies is continuing.

Biodiversity of lichens in Austria (a first checklist has been published in 2001 in cooperation with R. Türk, Univ. Salzburg)

Biodiversity of lichens in the Alps (an multiauthored initiative of  P.-L. Nimis, Univ. Trieste)

Biodiversity of lichens in Albania, Macaronesia, and the Sonoran Desert region (in cooperation with local lichenologists)

Biodiversity and indicator species of cryptogams in old growth forests

Red List of Endangered Lichens of Austria (in cooperation with R. Türk, Univ. Salzburg)

Higher taxa of lichenized Ascomycetes, especially taxonomy of Lecanorales on generic and suprageneric level

Taxonomy of several lecanoralean genera including Biatorella coll., Pleopsidium

Taxonomy, ecology and distribution of lichenicolous fungi and lichens (worldwide)

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