Is the diversity of epiphytic lichens a reliable indicator of air pollution? A case study from Italy

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 317-323

  Giordani, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biomonitoring; Lichen diversity value; Mediterranean area; Non parametric multiplicative regression

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BIODIVERSITY; HARVESTING; RAIN;

BIOMONITORING; LICHEN DIVERSITY VALUE; MEDITERRANEAN AREA; NON-PARAMETRIC MULTIPLICATIVE REGRESSION;

ALGAE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; EPIPHYTE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; LICHEN; LIMITING FACTOR; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POLLUTION EFFECT; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ITALY; LICHENS; MOLECULAR MODEL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; ITALY; LICHENS; RAIN; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TEMPERATURE; TREES; URBANIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; HARVESTING; RAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GENOVA; ITALY; LIGURIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847108918     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.03.030     Document Type: Article

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