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Description
This guidebook provides information about common lichens from the northern Rocky Mountains south into the Great Basin, Colorado Plateau, and the Sky Island Mountains of southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.
Table of Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Introduction
- Lichens as symbiotic systems
- Morphology
- Reproduction
- Physiology and growth
- Secondary chemistry
- Ecology
Lichens as Biomonitors of Air Quality
- Overview
- Lichen sensitivity to air pollutants
- Methods of evaluating air pollution impact on lichens
Lichen Systematics
- Classification of lichens
- Essential tools for identifying lichens
- Collection and curation of lichen specimens
- Dichotomous keys to common Rocky Mountain lichens
Common Rocky Mountain Lichens (Color photographs, descriptive information, and keys to the species)
Further Reading
Glossary
Literature Cited
ISBN
0-8425-2454-1
Publication Date
1999
Publisher
Brigham Young University
City
Provo
Keywords
lichen identification, Rocky Mountain lichens, guidebook, biomonitors, morphology, physiology
Disciplines
Botany | Life Sciences | Plant Sciences
Recommended Citation
St. Clair, Larry L., "A Color Guidebook to Common Rocky Mountain Lichens" (1999). Books by Faculty of the Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum. 17.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/mlbm/17