Use of an aggregatedRhizocarpon‘species' in lichenometry: an evaluation

1983/09/01 by JOHN L. INNES, John L. Innes
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Computer Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping #Lichen and fungal ecology #Tree-ring climate responses

paper · doi:10.1111/j.1502-3885.1983.tb00311.x

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Abstract

A regular relationship exists between the growth of lichen species within the Section Rhizocarpon and Rhizocarpon alpicola. This can be quantified and used to adjust lichenometric dates to take into account differences in the growth rates of the two groups. R. alpicola colonises deposits later than Section Rhizocarpon species, although subsequent growth by R. alpicola is rapid. If the two groups arc not separated, important dating errors may arise.

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