Moving to the city changed you! Rapid photobiont turnover enables acclimation of lichen symbioses to urban environments
Natália Mossmann Koch, Laima Liulevičius, Abigail R. Meyer, Anja Nilles, Lindsey R. Kemmerling, Emilie C. Snell‐Rood, Daniel E. Stanton
The paper shows that lichen symbioses can adapt to urban stress by rapidly changing their photobiont community composition.
bioRxiv · Aug 21, 2026 · PreprintEcology