Lichen Biology
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 498
ISBN-13: 9780511414077
Subjects: Lichens
Description: Fully updated with four new chapters, this is a valuable lichenology reference for students and researchers.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface to the second edition; 1 Introduction; 2 Photobionts; 3 Mycobionts; 4 Thallus morphology and anatomy; 5 Morphogenesis; 6 Sexual reproduction in lichen-forming ascomycetes; 7 Biochemistry and secondary metabolites; 8 Stress physiology and the symbiosis; 9 Physiological ecology of carbon dioxide exchange; 10 The carbon economy of lichens; 11 Nitrogen, its metabolism and potential contribution to ecosystems; 12 Nutrients, elemental accumulation, and mineral cycling; 13 Individuals and populations of lichens.; title: 14 Environmental role of lichens15 Lichen sensitivity to air pollution; 16 Lichen biogeography; 17 Systematics of lichenized fungi; Appendix: Culture methods for lichens and lichen symbionts; References; Taxon index; Subject index.