Gilbert O.L.
(1990):
The lichen flora of urban wasteland,
Lichenologist,
22(1): 87-101
The lichen colonization of recently created urban wasteland is described
by reference to 40 sites in England, Scotland and Wales. The 100 species encountered
form a series of overlapping communities in which successional relationships
over the first 16 years have been investigated. Floristic variation within towns tends to
be greater than variation between them. On a national scale climatological, geological
and historical factors appear to play only a small part in determining the composition
of …
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