Photosynthetic performance of lichen transplants as early indicator of climatic stress along an altitudinal gradient in the arid Mediterranean area

Climatic Change

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 305-328

  Pirintsos, Stergios Arg ^a   Paoli, Luca ^b   Loppi, Stefano ^b   Kotzabasis, Kiriakos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; CHLOROPHYLL DEGRADATION; CLIMATIC CHANGES; CLIMATIC STRESS; DESERTIFICATION RISK; DRY CONDITION; EVERNIA PRUNASTRI; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPOSURE PERIOD; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY; PSEUDEVERNIA FURFURACEA; SENSITIVE PARAMETER; STRESS-INDUCED; SUMMER MONTHS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGRADATION; WATER CONTENT;

CHLOROPHYLL;

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; ARID REGION; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; LICHEN; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SAMPLING; WATER CONTENT;

CRETE; GREECE;

EVERNIA PRUNASTRI; PSEUDEVERNIA FURFURACEA;

EID: 79960954190     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-010-9989-0     Document Type: Article

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