Periodical monitoring with lichen, Phaeophyscia hispidula (Ach.) Moberg in Dehradun city, Uttarakhand, India

Environmentalist

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 376-381

  Rani, Manju ^a   Shukla, Vertika ^b   Upreti, D K ^c   Rajwar, G S ^d  

^a Govt (PG) College   (India)

^b BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d Department of Higher Education Research Institute ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic activity; Garhwal Himalayas; Lichen; Long term biomonitoring

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LICHEN;

DEHRADUN; GARHWAL HIMALAYAS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; UTTARAKHAND;

PHAEOPHYSCIA HISPIDULA;

EID: 81155123500     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-011-9349-2     Document Type: Article

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