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Author : M. R. D. Seaward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015010047176
Includes "Lichens of the boreal coniferous zone" by Teuvo Ahti.
Author : Kenneth A. Kershaw
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1985-06-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521239257
This book provides a critical and selective review of lichen physiological ecology.
Author : Oliver Gilbert
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780007406708
Lichens are fascinating and beautiful organisms able to colonise a vast range of habitats, including seemingly impossible places such as bare icy mountain tops and sun-scorched coastal rocks. This book discusses all aspects of British lichens, revealing the secrets of their success. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com
Author : Vertika Shukla,D.K. Upreti,Rajesh Bajpai
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9788132215035
The book embodies the detailed account about unique symbionts i.e. LICHENS in ecosystem monitoring. The first chapter deals with unique characteristics features of lichens which facilitate their survival in extreme climates and makes them an ideal organism for ecosystem monitoring. Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites are known to protect lichens against increasing environmental stresses therefore second chapter provides insight into various chromatographic and modern spectroscopic techniques involved in separation and characterization of lichen substances. The third chapter elaborates the criteria for selection of biomonitoring species and characters of host plant that influences lichen diversity and details about different lichen species utilized for biomonitoring. One can retrieve preliminary information about the air quality based on the lichen community structure and distribution of bioindicator species as lichen communities/indicator species provides valuable information about the natural/anthropogenic induced changes in the microclimate and land-use changes due to human activity. Therefore, for identification of species, a key to genera and species provides concise information to identify the lichen species based on their morphological and anatomical characters and chemicals present. Keys provided in Chapter 4 will help the beginners to identify some common lichen species based on the distribution in different climatic zones of India. The section also provides comprehensive information about the bioindicator communities and bioindicator species from India. Chapter 5 provides the details of factors affecting the ecosystem (natural as well as anthropogenic disturbances) and role of lichens in ecosystem monitoring in India has been discussed in detail. Chapter 6 discusses the need and utility of indicator species especially lichen biomonitoring data in sustainable forest management and conservation. The content about lichens in biomonitoring will be a valuable resource for researchers from different fields and will provide an essential reference for people interested in lichens and its role in ecosystem monitoring. The book will also hopefully popularize lichenological studies in India and will generate more active participation of lichen biomonitoring studies in management and conservation of natural resources in India.
Author : Ingvar Kärnefelt,M. R. D. Seaward,Arne Thell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Lichens
ISBN : 3443580874
This volume focuses on the interaction of lichens with their substrate, environment and their biogeographic effects. In seventeen chapters thirty-eight authors present recent findings and developments in systematics, biodiversity, floristic studies and ecology, as well as newly described taxa, and keys to the identification of Caloplaca and xanthorioid lichens. Molecular phylogenetic analyses of several groups and genera are presented, resulting in an improved systematics of, for example, Caloplaca, Cladonia, Collema and xanthorioid lichens. The genera Arthonia and Usnea in Greece (with key) are reviewed. The volume is dedicated to Prof. Hans Martin Jahns on the occasion of his 70th birthday, featuring papers on some of his favourite fields of research, among them lichen interactions with their substrate and environment and lichen biogeography. A brief biography of Jahns, highlighting his contributions to lichenology, is included in the chapter on the nine Presidents of the International Association for Lichenology. Jahns played an important role during the past 40 years with his highly influential book, co-authored by Aino Henssen, entitled Lichenes. Eine Einführung in die Flechtenkunde. He is well-known for his extensive work and numerous publications on lichen morphology and ontogeny, particularly the development of fruiting bodies in different genera.
Author : Thomas H. Nash (III.),Thomas H. Nash
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1996-01-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521459745
A broad-ranging review of organisms which have long-fascinated biologists, ecologists and chemists.
Author : Vernon Ahmadjian
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1993-08-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 0471578851
Not only an invaluable reference to what is known about lichen bionts and their interactions but also a guide to future studies. Compares various aspects of lichen-forming bionts with those of other fungi, algae and cyanobacteria. Features in-depth descriptions of culture methods. Includes over 1000 references representing a selective sampling in such subjects as air pollution, photosynthesis and respiration.
Author : Annie Lorrain Smith
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547060246
"Lichens" by Annie Lorrain Smith Annie Lorrain Smith's textbook "Lichens" has been largely considered by biologists to be a foundational educational text on this particular area of mycology. As a leading scientist in the field at the time of writing this 1921 text, it served as the gold standard for students studying lichens for decades. Though her work has been updated due to the advances science has made in the century since its first publication, Smith's work is still highly regarded as an important part of the history of biology.
Author : Pier Luigi Nimis,Christoph Scheidegger,Patricia A. Wolseley
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401004237
A comprehensive, up-to-date review of lichens as biomonitors of air pollution (bioindication, metal and radionuclide accumulation, biomarkers), and as monitors of environmental change (including global climate change and biodiversity loss) in a wide array of terrestrial habitats. Several methods for using lichens as biomonitors are described in a special section of the book.
Author : D. H. Brown
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781461325277
It is currently impossible to grow lichens under controlled conditions in the laboratory in sufficient quantity for physiological experiments. Lichen growth is slow and conditions which might accelerate the process tend to favour either the algal or fungal partner, resulting in the breakdown of balance symbiosis. Lichen physiologists are therefore forced to use field-grown material with all the problems associated with the unknown influences of unpredictable and unreproducible climatic conditions. Study of major biochemical topics, such as the nature of the carbohydrate and nitrogenous compounds passing between the symbionts, is less influenced by climatic conditions than the intrinsic nature of the symbionts and many advances have been made in these areas. Recently, the challenge of using field-grown plant material, the physiological status of which is intimately linked to environmental conditions, has proved to be a stimulus rather than a hindrance to a number of research groups. The occurrence of lichens in extreme habitats has prompted a number of field and laboratory studies with material from such diverse localities as the cold deserts of Antarctica and the temperate rain forests of the New Zealand bush. A comparative approach, using contrasted species or habitats from a particular geographical region has yielded much information and an appreciation of the variety of physiological adaptations which may exist. The close linkage between morphology and physiology is now being directly demonstrated, as is the relevance of ultrastructural information.
Author : D. O. Øvstedal,R. I. Lewis Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2001-05-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521662419
Antarctica's severe climate and restricted area of ice-free habitats limit the biodiversity and biota of its terrestrial ecosystems. Throughout much of this wilderness, lichens are the predominant visible life form, yet relatively few descriptive accounts of Antarctic lichens have been published. Research on these enigmatic organisms is increasing rapidly and there is a growing need for a comprehensive guide to the identification of Antarctic lichen-forming fungi. This volume provides the first modern detailed compilation of their taxonomy, ecology, distribution and relevant published literature. As such, it represents a major contribution to global lichen taxonomy and biogeography. The systematic accounts provide sufficient descriptive information to allow specialists to identify taxa to species level, and are structured so that even non-specialists can use them to identify specimens to at least the generic level.
Author : Ilse Kranner,Richard Beckett,Ajit Varma
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642563591
As an intricate association between a fungus and one or more green algae or cyanobacteria, lichens are one of the most successful examples of symbiosis. These fascinating organisms survive extreme desiccation and temperatures. They are adapted to a great variety of habitats, from deserts to intertidal zones, from tropical rain forests to the peaks of the Himalayas and to circumpolar ecosystems. Lichens are extremely efficient accumulators of atmospherically deposited pollutants, and are therefore widely used to monitor environmental pollution. Their wide range of secondary products show pharmaceutically interesting fungicidal, antibacterial and antiviral properties. Lichens are extremely difficult to culture. This manual provides well-tested tissue culture protocols, protocols for studying lichen ultrastructure, (eco)physiology, primary and secondary compounds, and for using lichens as bioindicators.
Author : Jeffrey Bates,Andrew Farmer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015025251094
This volume presents a synthesis of new information about the responses of bryophytes and lichens to changing environmental conditions, particularly those brought about by human activities. Bryophytes and lichens are often treated independently, but as they commonly exist in association with each other and share similar characteristics, they are here described together. The environmental sensitivity of both types of organisms is truly remarkable. At various times the use of one group or the other has been recommended to indicate the presence of particular mineral deposits (geological prospecting), soil and site conditions (forestry), level of atmosphere and aquatic pollutants (biomonitoring), ages of rock surfaces (lichenometry), and historical continuity of forests cover (bioindication). Topics covered in this book include physiology, distribution, ecological function, and response to pollution and land management of these organisms.
Author : D. J. Galloway
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015025011464
Tropical lichens are not only of interest in themselves, but are of importance in the study of the ecosystems of which they are a part. Presented for the first time in book form, this comprehensive synthesis of information points to areas for further research, and summarizes discussions on the systematic, ecological, and biogeographical aspects of tropical lichens. Problems of lichen conservation are also included. Scientists concerned with environmental investigation, and in particular, with climactic change, will find this new work increasingly relevant.
Author : L. Kappen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Lichens
ISBN : CORNELL:31924073912861
