Lichens in Puerto Rico : an ecosystem approach / Joel A. Mercado-Díaz [and three others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Mercado-Díaz, Joel A., author.

Contributor:

International Institute of Tropical Forestry (Río Piedras, San Juan, P.R.), issuing body.

Series:

General technical report IITF ; 46.

General technical report IITF ; GTR-46

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lichens--Puerto Rico.

Lichens.

Lichens--Ecology--Puerto Rico.

Lichen communities--Puerto Rico.

Lichen communities.

Lichens--Ecology.

Puerto Rico.

Genre:

technical reports.

Technical reports

Technical reports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 76 pages, 22 pages of plates) : color illustrations, color map.

Place of Publication:

San Juan, Puerto Rico : United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, April 2015.

Summary:

This work presents basic information on tropical lichenology. It also describes general aspects about the ecology and biodiversity of these organisms in eight forest ecosystems present along an elevational gradient in northeastern Puerto Rico. These ecosystems consist of elfin woodlands, palo colorado, sierra palm, tabonuco, lowland moist, dry, mangrove, and Pterocarpus forests. Lichen communities are mainly described in terms of general ecological attributes (e.g., species richness, common species, etc.). Basic information about the environment and vegetation found in these forests is also provided. The information presented is supplemented with field and microscopic photographs of species and their habitats.

Notes:

Title from Web page (viewed on May 15, 2015).

"April 2015."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-75).

Other Format:

Print version: Mercado-Díaz, Joel A. Lichens in Puerto Rico.

OCLC:

909032189