Cryptogamic epiphytes as indicators of air quality around an industrial complex in the Tagus valley, Portugal. Factor analysis and environmental variables

Cryptogamie, Bryologie

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-170

  Sim Sim, Manuela ^a   Carvalho, Palmira ^b   Sérgio, Cecília ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Museu   (Portugal)

^c Museu   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Bryophytes; Epiphytes; Floristic richness; Index of Atmospheric Purity (IAP); Lichens

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 0040362322     PISSN: 12900796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1290-0796(00)00110-3     Document Type: Article

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