Evaluation of lichen diversity as an indicator of environmental quality in the North Adriatic submediterranean region

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 336, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 201-214

  Castello, Miris ^a   Skert, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biomonitoring; Environmental quality; Italy; Lichens; Slovenia

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BIOMARKERS; DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VEGETATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ALTERATION; LICHEN DIVERSITY; SAMPLING METHODS; SAMPLING SITES;

BIODIVERSITY;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMONITORING; LICHEN; SAMPLING;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; ITALY; LICHEN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; VEGETATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

XANTHORION;

EID: 10344247098     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.06.007     Document Type: Article

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