Biology of Lichens - Symbiosis, Ecology, Environmental Monitoring, Systematics and Cyber Applications

Biology of Lichens - Symbiosis, Ecology, Environmental Monitoring, Systematics and Cyber Applications

Lichens dominate ca. 8% of the world's terrestrial ecosystems and play important ecological roles in many other ecosystems, such as foliicolous lichens in the tropics that provide a model system for studying the development of their symbiotic relationship in the fi eld.