Biomonitoring with lichens on twigs

Lichenologist

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-202

  Larsen Vilsholm, René ^a   Wolseley, Pat A ^b   Søchting, Ulrik ^c   Chimonides, P Jim ^b  

^a Natural History Museum ^*  (Denmark)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bark pH; Biomonitor; Indicator species; Nitrogen; Nitrophile; Nitrophobe; Oak; Twig

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; HYPOGYMNIA PHYSODES;

EID: 70349255699     PISSN: 00242829     EISSN: 10961135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0024282909007208     Document Type: Article

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