Yahr R., Coppins B. J. & Ellis C. J.
(2014):
Quantifying the loss of lichen epiphyte diversity from the pre-industrial Exmoor landscape (south-west England),
Lichenologist,
46(5): 711–721
Across much of lowland Britain, lichen diversity has been dramatically affected by the Industrial Revolution, including the lasting legacy of pollution, and changes in land use including the loss, intensification, or abandonment of traditional woodland management. We sampled pre- served epiphytes on historical timbers in vernacular buildings to reconstruct pre-industrial lichen species occurrence for a site in Exmoor, south-west England, and used these data to quantify bio- diversity loss that appears …
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