Ecological Roles of Lichens as Monitors of a Changing Global Environment [PDF]
BiologyLichens represent a fundamental symbiotic association between fungi and photosynthetic organisms, such as algae or cyanobacteria, and are widely regarded as sensitive indicators of environmental change.
Melanie Bih Beng Fung +6 more
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Fungal Microbiome Within Lichen as a Potential Bioindicator of Climate Change: Insights from Transplant Field Study [PDF]
MycobiologyGlobal warming is a major driver of ecological change, yet its impacts on bioindicators such as lichens remain unclear. Lichens, formed by symbiotic associations between fungi and photosynthetic partners, are widely used to assess environmental ...
Jiho Yang +4 more
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Lichen as Bioindicators: Assessing their Response to Heavy Metal Pollution in Their Native Ecosystem
Mycobiology, 2023 Lichens play crucial roles in the ecosystems, contributing to soil formation and nutrient cycling, and being used in biomonitoring efforts to assess the sustainability of ecosystems including air quality.
Jiho Yang, Soon-Ok Oh, Jae-Seoun Hur
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Chronicle of Research into Lichen-Associated Bacteria
Microorganisms, 2022 Lichens are mutually symbiotic systems consisting of fungal and algal symbionts. While diverse lichen-forming fungal species are known, limited species of algae form lichens.
Zichen He, Takeshi Naganuma
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Development of a Lichens Pocketbook in Low-Level Organism Taxonomy Course
Biosfer: Jurnal Tadris Biologi, 2023 The Lichens Pocketbook is a vital teaching medium in Low-Level Organism Taxonomy courses. It contains conceptual materials to support students' understanding of achieving learning objectives.
Ashar Hasairin +2 more
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Lichens and animal camouflage: some observations from central Asian ecoregions
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2022 Camouflage is a fitness-relevant trait that supports survival and fosters evolutionary adaptation by which animals match their body pattern to a background setting.
Mahmood Soofi +5 more
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Lichens in Serbian legislation [PDF]
Zbornik Matice Srpske za Prirodne Nauke, 2013 In this paper an overview of official regulations on the protection of lichens in the Republic of Serbia is presented, and provisions of individual regulations are analyzed.
Ivančević Boris N. +2 more
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Species Diversity of Lichens in the Province of Abra, Philippines
JPAIR, 2016 The province of Abra is rich in natural resources. Environmental sustainability has been one of the advocacies to sustain enough resources to meet our needs.
Mary Joan T. Guzman, Robinson Q. Fabito
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Elemental composition of thalli of the lichen Cladоnia stellaris under air pollution
Transactions of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2016 The elemental composition of Cladonia lichens in areas affected by the Murmansk Region metal processing industry was investigated. Abnormally high levels of heavy metals (Cu, Ni, Fe) were detected in lichens under this impact.
Tatyana Sukhareva
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Diversity of bacteria associated with lichens in Mt. Yunmeng in Beijing, China [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Lichens host highly complex and diverse microbial communities, which may perform essential functions in these symbiotic micro-ecosystems. In this research, sequencing of 16S rRNA was used to investigate the bacterial communities associated with lichens ...
Yimeng Li +3 more
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