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Acdemia Arena 2010, Supplement 0201<br />
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February * * *<br />
March * * *<br />
April 32.5 (±5.0) 99(±23.0) 9<br />
Total 110.5 (±23.0) 378 (±129.0)<br />
Table 3: Seasonal pattern <strong>of</strong> lichen fall <strong>and</strong> twigs dry mass estimation <strong>in</strong> closed canopied<br />
forest (CCF)<br />
Dry mass <strong>of</strong> fallen material (mg/m²)<br />
Year 2006-2007 <strong>Lichens</strong> Twigs No. <strong>of</strong> fallen lichen genera<br />
May 32.5 (±7.5) 77 (±30.0) 9<br />
June 7.5 (±1.0) 24.5 (±6.5) 6<br />
July 21.5 (±5.5) 54 (±17.0) 6<br />
August 10.5 (±2.0) 38.5 (±12.0) 6<br />
September 10.5 (±2.5) 38.5 (±14.0) 6<br />
October 1.5 (±o.1) 16.5 (±9.0) 4<br />
November 6.5 (±2.0) 20.5 (±7.5) 6<br />
December 4.5 (±1.0) 15 (±5.0) 5<br />
January 8.5 (±1.5) 22.5 (±4.0) 7<br />
February * * *<br />
March * * *<br />
April 55 (±5.5) 177.5 (±33.0) 7<br />
Total 158.5 (±29.0) 484.5 (±137.0)<br />
*The lichen fall could not be counted dur<strong>in</strong>g February <strong>and</strong> March because <strong>of</strong> the <strong>in</strong>accessibility <strong>of</strong><br />
sites due to heavy accumulation <strong>of</strong> snowfall.<br />
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