Transplantation experiments with Neckera pennata and Lobaria pulmonaria in nemoral woodland key habitat and managed forest

Transplantation experiments with Neckera pennata and Lobaria pulmonaria were conducted in nemoral Woodland Key Habitat and managed forest (in total 38 trees) in Latvia. Elastic cotton bandage was the best method for the present transplantation experiments. Dispersal and establishment limitation were found to be crucial for N. pennata and L. pulmonaria distribution between forest stands. 62 Folia Cryptog. Estonica L. pulmonaria and A. curtipendula transplantation. Gauslaa et al. (2006) used frames for transplantation experiments with L. pulmonaria on Picea abies (L.) Karst. in Norway. Ingerpuu et al. (2007) made successful transplantation experiment with Neckera pennata in Estonian nemoral forests by pressing bryophyte into bark crevices. In boreo-nemoral zone bryophyte transplantation experiments have rarely been done and results of these studies may help to give recommendations for nature protection and forestry planning. The aims of the present study are to find the most appropriate transplantation method for studied nemoral forests and to check if dispersal is more important for L. pulmonaria and Neckera pennata distribution than a change in forest management regime, comparing nemoral WKH versus managed forest stand. MATERIALS AND METHODS