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Tropical lichens are not only of interest in themselves but are of importance in the study of the ecosystems of which they are a part. Information on tropical lichens has not hitherto been readily available in book form, and the object of this volume is to synthesize what is known at present and to indicate areas where further research is needed. The material presented here is derived from a meeting held by the Systematics Association at which contributions were presented on the systematic, ecological, and biogeographical aspects of tropical lichens, together with the problems of their conservation. The resulting volume should thus be of value to a wide variety of scientists.

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Author:   D. J. Galloway (Senior Research Fellow, Department of Botany, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Botany, The Natural History Museum)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Volume:   43
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.70cm
Weight:   0.604kg
ISBN:  

9780198577201

ISBN 10:   0198577206
Pages:   316
Publication Date:   28 February 1991
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of contributors and participants; D.J. Galloway: Biogeographical relationships of Pacific tropical lichen floras; J.A. Elix: The lichen genus Relicina in Australasia; C.W. Smith: Lichen conservation in Hawaii; G.N. Stevens: The tropical Pacific species of Usnea and Ramalina and their relationship to species in other parts of the world; P.W. Lambley: Lichens of Papua New Guinea; H. Krog: Lichenological observations in low montane rainforests of eastern Tanzania; E. Farkas: New and interesting records of Tanzanian foliicolous lichens; I. Karnefelt: Evolutionary rates in the Teloscistaceae; L. Arvidsson: Lichenological studies in Ecuador; H.J.M. Sipman: Notes on the lichen flora of the Guianas, a neotropical lowland area; M.P. Marcelli: Aspects of the foliose lichen flora of the southern-central coast of Sao Paulo State, Brazil; S.C. Tucker, S.W. Matthews, & R.L. Chapman: Ultrastructure of subtropical crustose lichens; L. Arvidsson: On the importance of botanical gardens for lichens in the Asian tropics; J.C. Wei & Y.M. Jiang: Some foliicolous lichens in Xishuangbanna, China; P.A. Wolseley: Observations on the composition and distribution of the `Lobarion' in the forest of South-East Asia; M. Wedin: Spore ontogeny of Sphaerophorus diplotypus and S. fragilis; A. Aptroot: Tropical pyrenocarpous lichens, a phylogenetic approach; T.D.V. Swinscow: Epilogue; Index.

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Tropical lichenology is just beginning to achieve the status of a coherent subject, and a conference drawing the widely dispersed lichenologists together was a very timely action. D.H. Brown, 1991 Annals of Botany Company 18 contributions are included in these well edited proceedings, covering many aspects of the lichen biology of tropical America, Africa, Asia and the Pacific ... A wider availability of this valuable book in the libraries of higher education institutions in the tropics would enhance the possibility of more studies of tropical lichens being undertaken by local scientists in the future. Mien A. Rifai, Herbarium Bogoriense, Puslitbang Biologi - LIPI, Bogor, Indonesia The volume provides an overview of the current status of tropical lichenology, and identifies many problem areas.

`Tropical lichenology is just beginning to achieve the status of a coherent subject, and a conference drawing the widely dispersed lichenologists together was a very timely action. ' D.H. Brown, 1991 Annals of Botany Company `18 contributions are included in these well edited proceedings, covering many aspects of the lichen biology of tropical America, Africa, Asia and the Pacific ... A wider availability of this valuable book in the libraries of higher education institutions in the tropics would enhance the possibility of more studies of tropical lichens being undertaken by local scientists in the future. ' Mien A. Rifai, Herbarium Bogoriense, Puslitbang Biologi - LIPI, Bogor, Indonesia The volume provides an overview of the current status of tropical lichenology, and identifies many problem areas.

The volume provides an overview of the current status of tropical lichenology, and identifies many problem areas. 18 contributions are included in these well edited proceedings, covering many aspects of the lichen biology of tropical America, Africa, Asia and the Pacific ... A wider availability of this valuable book in the libraries of higher education institutions in the tropics would enhance the possibility of more studies of tropical lichens being undertaken by local scientists in the future. * Mien A. Rifai, Herbarium Bogoriense, Puslitbang Biologi - LIPI, Bogor, Indonesia * Tropical lichenology is just beginning to achieve the status of a coherent subject, and a conference drawing the widely dispersed lichenologists together was a very timely action. * D.H. Brown, 1991 Annals of Botany Company *

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