Dew as a key factor for the distribution pattern of the lichen species Teloschistes lacunosus in the Tabernas Desert (Spain)

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 202, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 417-428

  del Prado, Ruth ^a   Sancho, Leopoldo G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dew condensation; Fluorescence; Microclimatic conditions; Photosynthetic activity; Teloschistes lacunosus

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DEW; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; LICHEN; MICROCLIMATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER VAPOR;

TELOSCHISTES LACUNOSUS;

EID: 34447103061     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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