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Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management (INA)


    Yngvar Gauslaa
    Professor

    Postal address: INA, UMB, P.O.Box 5003, NO-1432 Ås, Norway
    Office: Room 326, Urbygningen, Ole Sverres plass 1
    E-mail: yngvar.gauslaa@umb.no
    Telephone: +47 64 96 57 84; Fax: +47 64 96 58 01
Subject area:
Botanical ecology and ecophysiology, lichenology.

Research:
  • Lichen compounds as herbivore protection
  • Light- and UVB-protection in lichens
  • Lichens and acid rain
  • Ecology of forest lichens

Teaching:
Responsible for:
  • BOT100 - Plant Diversity
  • BOT210 - Bryophytes and Lichens - Floristics and Ecology

Selected publications:

Solhaug, K.A. & Gauslaa, Y. 2004. Photosynthates stimulate the UV-B induced fungal anthraquinone synthesis in the foliose lichen Xanthoria parietina. - Plant, Cell and Environment 27: 167-176

Gauslaa, Y. & Ustvedt, E.M. 2003. Is parietin a UV-B or a blue-light screening pigment in the lichen Xanthoria parietina? - Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences 2: 424-432.

Solhaug, K.A., Gauslaa, Y., Nybakken, L. & Bilger, W. 2003. UV-induction of sun-screening pigments in lichens. - New Phytologist 158: 91-100.

Gauslaa, Y. 2002. Die back of epiphytic lichens in SE Norway - can it be caused by high rainfall in late autumn? - Graphis Scripta 13: 33-35.

Gauslaa, Y., Ohlson, M., Solhaug, K.A., Bilger, W. & Nybakken, L. 2001. Aspect-dependent high-irradiance damage in two transplanted foliose forest lichens, Lobaria pulmonaria and Parmelia sulcata. - Canadian Journal of Forest Research 31: 1639-1649.

Gauslaa, Y. & Solhaug, K.A. 2001. Fungal melanins as a sun screen for symbiotic green algae in the lichen Lobaria pulmonaria. - Oecologia 126: 462-471.

Kermit, T. & Gauslaa, Y. 2001. The vertical gradient of bark pH of twigs and macrolichens in a Picea abies canopy not affected by acid rain. - Lichenologist 33: 353-359.

Solhaug, K.A. & Gauslaa, Y. 2001. Acetone extraction - a method for testing ecological and physiological roles of secondary compounds in living lichens. - Symbiosis 30: 301-315.

Gauslaa, Y. 2000. Punctelia ulophylla new to Norway. - Graphis Scripta 12: 12-14.

Gauslaa, Y. & Solhaug, K.A. 2000. High-light-intensity damage to the foliose lichen Lobaria pulmonaria within a natural forest: the applicability of chlorophyll fluorescence methods. - Lichenologist 32: 271-289.

Gauslaa, Y. 1999. Parmelia submontana new to Norway. - Graphis Scripta 11: 25-28.

Gauslaa, Y. & Solhaug, K.A. 1999. High-light damage in air-dry thalli of the old forest lichen Lobaria pulmonaria - interactions of irradiance, exposure duration and high temperature. - Journal of Experimental Botany 50: 697-705.

Heide, O.M. & Gauslaa, Y. 1999. Developmental strategies of Koenigia islandica, a high-arctic annual plant. - Ecography 22: 637-642.

Gauslaa, Y. & Holien, H. 1998. Acidity of boreal Picea abies-canopy lichens and their substratum, modified by local soils and airborne acidic depositions. - Flora 193: 249-257.

Gauslaa, Y., Ohlson, M. & Rolstad, J. 1998. Fine-scale distribution of the epiphytic lichen Usnea longissima on two even-aged neighbouring Picea abies trees. - Journal of Vegetation Science 9: 95-102.

Gauslaa, Y. & Solhaug, K.A. 1998. The significance of thallus size for the water economy of the old forest cyanobacterial lichen Degelia plumbea. - Oecologia 116: 76-84.

Gauslaa, Y., 1997. Population structure of the epiphytic lichen Usnea longissima in a boreal Picea abies canopy. - Lichenologist 29: 455-469.

Gauslaa, Y., Kopperud, C. & Solhaug, K.A. 1996. Quantum yield of photosystem II and chlorophyll degradation of Lobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm. in relation to pH. - Lichenologist 28: 267-278.

Gauslaa, Y. & Solhaug, K.A. 1996. Differences in the susceptibility to light stress between epiphytic lichens of ancient and young boreal stands. - Functional Ecology 10: 344-354.

Solhaug, K.A. & Gauslaa, Y. 1996. Protective role of parietin against high light in the lichen Xanthoria parietina. - Oecologia 108: 412-418.

Tønsberg, T, Gauslaa, Y., Haugan, R., Holien, H. & Timdal, E. 1996. The threatened macrolichens of Norway - 1994. - Sommerfeltia 23: 1-258.

Gauslaa, Y. 1995. Lobarion, an epiphytic community of ancient forests, threatened by acid rain. - Lichenologist 27: 59-76.

Solhaug, K.A., Gauslaa, Y. & Haugen, J. 1995. Shade effects of epiphytic lichens upon chlorophyll content and chlorophyll a/b ratio in bark of Populus tremula L. stems. - Botanica Acta 108: 233-239.

Olsen, S.R. & Gauslaa, Y. 1991. Långskägg, Usnea longissima, hotad även i södra Norge. (Usnea longissima, a lichen of ancient forests, threatened in Nordmarka, SE Norway.) - Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 85: 342-346.

Gauslaa, Y. 1990. Water relations and mineral nutrients in Melampyrum pratense (Scrophulariaceae) in oligo- and mesotrophic boreal forests. - Acta Oecologica 11: 525-537.

Gauslaa, Y., & Odasz, A.M. 1990. Water relations, temperatures, and mineral nutrients in Pedicularis dasyantha (Scrophulariaceae) from Svalbard, Norway. - Holarctic Ecology 13: 112-121.

Gauslaa, Y. 1989. Management and regeneration of tropical woodlands with special reference to Tanzanian conditions. A literature review. - Lidia 2: 37-112.

Deelstra, J., Gauslaa, Y. & Mesghina, T. 1988. Redd Barna-ERA project on reforestation and soil and water conservation in Asmat, Eritrea. A feasibility study. - NORAGRIC-report March 1988. 44 pp + appendices.

Lundekvam, H.E. & Gauslaa, Y. 1986. Phytosociology and ecology of mowed grasslands in Western Norway. - Meldinger Norges Landbrukshøgskole 65(22): 1-26.

Gauslaa, Y. 1985. The ecology of Lobarion pulmonariae and Parmelion caperatae in Quercus dominated forests in south-west Norway. - Lichenologist 17: 117-140.

Gauslaa, Y. 1984. Heat resistance and energy budget in different Scandinavian plants. Holarctic Ecology 7: 1-78.
- This monograph contains 9 chapters that could be read as 9 separate papers:

    Infrared and visible reflectance in different alpine vascular plants and its ecological significance. - Holarctic Ecology 7: 7-12.

    Infrared and visible reflectance in different lichen species and its ecological significance. - Holarctic Ecology 7: 13-22.

    Heat resistance in vascular plants. - Holarctic Ecology 7: 23-35.

    Effects of environmental temperatures upon heat resistance in vascular plants. - Holarctic Ecology 7: 36-42.

    Cuticular and stomatal diffusion resistances for water vapour in vascular plants. - Holarctic Ecology 7: 43-49.

    Leaf sizes in Saussurea alpina along a dry-wet gradient and in artificially shaded Rubus chamaemorus plants. - Holarctic Ecology 7: 50-56.

    Leaf temperatures in prostrate alpine vascular plants and in Rubus chamaemorus. - Holarctic Ecology 7: 57-63.

    A comparison between heat resistance and heat exchange capacity in different vascular plants. - Holarctic Ecology 7: 64-70.

    Ecological and phytogeographical implications of heat resistance and cuticular diffusion resistance. - Holartic Ecology 7: 71-78.


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Norway
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E-mail: ina@umb.no
 
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