Growth curves of four crustose lichens

Symbiosis

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-57

  Armstrong, R A ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Areolae; Crustose species; Growth curve; Hypothallus; Lichen; Radial growth rate (RGR)

Indexed keywords

GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; LICHEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GWYNEDD; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

BUELLIA; BUELLIA AETHALEA; LECIDEA; RHIZOCARPON; RHIZOCARPON GEOGRAPHICUM; RHIZOCARPON REDUCTUM;

EID: 13444291563     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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