Authors: William Purvis, Natural History Museum
ISBN-13: 9781560988793, ISBN-10: 1560988797
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
Date Published: September 2000
Edition: 1st Edition
From the rain forests of Costa Rica to the frozen deserts of Antarctica, lichens are a familiar part of the landscape. Widespread and long-lived, yet vulnerable to environmental disturbance, lichens are useful to scientists in assessing the effects of air pollution, ozone depletion, and metal contamination. Illustrated with more than 150 color photographs, Lichens reveals the varied and intriguing world of organisms that have been used in natural remedies and are becoming key indicators of the earth's environmental health.
List of Plates | ||
Editors' Preface | ||
Author's Foreword | ||
1 | Our Lichen Heritage | |
2 | What is a Lichen? | |
3 | Creatures That Need Lichens | |
4 | Lichens and Air Pollution | |
5 | Trees, Woods and People | |
6 | Acid Rock | |
7 | Heaths and Moors | |
8 | Chalk and Limestone | |
9 | Village, Church and Farmland | |
10 | Work, Wealth and Wheels | |
11 | Discovering the Montane Lichen Flora | |
12 | Rivers and Lakes | |
13 | Coastal Habitats | |
Appendices | ||
Glossary | ||
Bibliography | ||
Index |