Terricolous Lichens in India Volume 1: Diversity Patterns and Distribution Ecology /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rai, Himanshu (Editor), Upreti, Dalip K. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Plant biochemistry.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant anatomy.; Plant development.; Plant genetics.; Plant physiology.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Biochemistry.; Plant Anatomy/Development.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.

Terricolous lichens, a habitat specialist group of lichens play a vital role in maintenance and ecological stability of soil crusts with reference to their physical stability, hydrology and growth of soil microflora. Terricolous lichens in Indian lichenological studies haven’t been taken up as a fun...

Table of Contents:

• Lichenological studies in India with reference to terricolous lichens
• Distribution ecology of soil crust lichens in India: a comparative assessment with global patterns
• Terricolous lichens in Himalayas: patterns of species richness along elevation gradient
• Photobiont diversity in Indian Cladonia lichens, with special emphasis on the geographical patterns.