Lichen growth rates on glacier forelands in southern Norway: Preliminary results from a 25-year monitoring programme

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-39

  Trenbirth, Hazel E ^a   Matthews, John A ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direct lichenometry; Environmental controls; Growth curves; Growth models; Growth rate variability; Lichen size; Lichenometric dating; Norway; Rhizocarpon

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; LICHEN; LICHENOMETRY;

NORWAY;

RHIZOCARPON;

EID: 77950835355     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2010.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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