Klasberg M.
(2021):
De opmars van rood dooiermos (Rusavskia elegans) in Maastricht onder de loep genomen. Lichenometrisch en ecologisch onderzoek naar een zuidelijke soort [Rusavskia elegans colonizes Maastricht – lichenometric and ecological investigation of a southern lichen species] -
Buxbaumiella,
121: 1–24
[in Dutch with English summary: ]
In 2020, lichenometric research was performed on
Elegant sunburst lichen (Rusavskia elegans) to reconstruct
the colonization of Maastricht (Netherlands).
Maastricht, in the southernmost tip of the Netherlands,
lies in a hilly countryside and borders the Meuse
(‘Maas’ in Dutch), a rain river. To be able to estimate
the age of the populations, the first step was calibrating
the growth rate. That was not an unnecessary action,
as the growth rate of 1.9 …
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