Lichens as rapid bioindicators of pollution and habit disturbance in the tropics;Líquenes como bioindicadores inmediatos de contaminación y cambios medio-ambientales en los trópicos

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 71-82

  Hawksworth, David L ^a   Iturriaga, Teresa ^b   Crespo, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Climate change; Forest disturbance; Heavy metals; Soil stabilization; Sulphur dioxide; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEAVY METAL;

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; LICHENS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TROPICS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 23144461117     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1130-1406(05)70013-9     Document Type: Review

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