Archaeobotanical evidence for a massive loss of epiphyte species richness during industrialization in Southern England

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1724, 2011, Pages 3482-3489

  Ellis, Christopher J ^a   Yahr, Rebecca ^a   Coppins, Brian J ^a  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancient woodland; Biodiversity loss; Epiphyte; Lichen; Pollution; Sulphur Dioxide

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; EPIPHYTE; HABITAT LOSS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LICHEN; PALEOBOTANY; PALEONTOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE; WOODLAND;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80054919352     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0063     Document Type: Article

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