Lichens of New Zealand
Author: Allison Knight
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Published: 2014
Total Pages: 55
ISBN-13: 9780473265168
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Author: Allison Knight
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Published: 2014
Total Pages: 55
ISBN-13: 9780473265168
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William McLagan Malcolm
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 202
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jessica Beever
Publisher: Otago University Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 228
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Thomas H. Nash (III.)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1996-01-26
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780521459747
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA broad-ranging review of organisms which have long-fascinated biologists, ecologists and chemists.
Author: Jessica L. Allen
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 0300252994
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA practical field guide to the common lichens found in the northeastern megalopolis, including New York City, Toronto, Boston/New Haven, Philadelphia, Baltimore/Washington, D.C., and as far west as Chicago Lichens are dynamic, symbiotic organisms formed by close cooperation between fungi and algae. There are over 20,000 identified species performing essential ecosystem services worldwide. Extremely sensitive to air pollution, they have returned to cities from which they were absent for decades until the air became cleaner. This guide is the first to introduce urban naturalists to over 60 of the common lichens now found in cities and urban areas throughout northeastern North America--in parks and schoolyards, on streets, and in open spaces. Divided into three sections -- lichen basics, including their biology, chemistry, morphology, and role in human history; species accounts and descriptions; and an illustrated glossary, index, and references for further reading -- the book aims to connect city dwellers and visitors with the natural world around them. The descriptions, exquisite photographs, and line drawings will enable users to enter the hidden world of lichens.
Author: D. J. Galloway
Publisher: Balogh Scientific Books
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 752
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this guide to new Zealand lichens, keys to genera are preceded and described, covering foliose, squamulose, fruticose, filamentous and crustose life forms. Species keys and descriptions follow, giving thalline, apothecial and chemical characters when known.
Author: William Lauder Lindsay
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Published: 1866
Total Pages: 68
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: R. E. Longton
Publisher: CUP Archive
Published: 1988-11-10
Total Pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9780521250153
DOWNLOAD EBOOKConsiders the evolution and adaptions of arctic and antarctic floras and the role of these plants in the vegetation and in the functioning of tundra ecosystems.
Author: D. H. Brown
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 362
ISBN-13: 1461325277
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt 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.