Causes of change in nitrophytic and oligotrophic lichen species in a Mediterranean climate: Impact of land cover and atmospheric pollutants

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 380-389

  Pinho, P ^a   Augusto, S ^a   Martins Loucao M A ^a   Pereira, M J ^c   Soares, A ^c   Maguas C ^a   Branquinho, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Universidade Atlantica   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Distance of influence; Functional groups; land use; Nitrogen tolerance; Pollutant sources

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; BARREN LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS; LAND COVER (LC); LAND-COVER TYPES; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; NITROPHYTIC;

LANDFORMS;

NITROGEN; TITANIUM; ZINC;

ABUNDANCE; AEROSOL; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; IRON; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LICHEN; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LAND USE; LICHENS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; AMMONIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; INDUSTRY; LICHENS; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NITROUS OXIDE; PORTUGAL; QUERCUS; TITANIUM; ZINC;

EID: 46449087603     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.11.028     Document Type: Article

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