Systematics biodiversity and ecology of lichens. 2012. (Bibliotheca Lichenologica, 108). 12 tabs. 72 figs. IX, 290 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.

Mountain ecosystems and cold deserts are especially rich in lichens and are excellent field laboratories to study them under various stress conditions. Ecosystems of these types, namely the European Alps and Antarctica with their lichen biota, have also been in the focus of interest by Roman Türk in the last four decades. The occasion of fRoman Türks 65th birthday has been taken to invite a number of his colleagues and friends to contribute papers on aspects of lichens in mountain and polar ecosystems for this volume. The seventeen reviewed contributions cover lichens from the European Alps, tropical Africa, on La Soufrière volcano to Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica.

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