Recent Advances in Lichenology
Modern Methods and Approaches in Biomonitoring and Bioprospection, Volume 1
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Investigation of Factors Controlling Temporal Trend of Lichen Diversity in Arid Region of India
Lichens are sensitive indicators of changes in climatic condition of an area at both micro and macro scales. The present study analyzes the lichen diversity change in the last forty years compared with the tem...
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Accumulation of Cadmium in Transplanted Lichen Pyxine cocoes (Sw.) Nyl., with Reference to Physiochemical Variation and Kinetics of Cadmium Biosorption
The present study aims to signify the role of Pyxine cocoes (Sw.) Nyl. (P. cocoes) as cadmium (Cd) biomonitor in atmosphere. This was achieved by quantifying the amount of Cd accumulated in transplanted P. cocoes
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Correction to: Unraveling the ameliorative potentials of native lichen Pyxine cocoes (Sw.) Nyl., during COVID 19 phase
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Community-Level Lichen Diversity Assessment in Alpine Zone of Indian Himalaya: Climate Change Implications
Lichens have prolonged history as excellent biomonitors of air pollutants and their responses are documented in climate change assessment. Lichen species composition within a community and change in compositio...
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Unraveling the ameliorative potentials of native lichen Pyxine cocoes (Sw.) Nyl., during COVID 19 phase
Due to the rapid increase in the novel coronavirus virulence, the entire world implemented the practice of lockdown along with the constraint of human movement. The obligation of quarantine halted most of the ...
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Predicting the distributional range shifts of Rhizocarpon geographicum (L.) DC. in Indian Himalayan Region under future climate scenarios
Himalaya, the highest mountain system in the world and house of important biodiversity hotspot, is sensitive to projected warming by climate change. Rhizocarpon geographicum (map lichen), a crustose lichen, grows...
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A geostatistical approach to compare metal accumulation pattern by lichens in plain and mountainous regions of northern and central India
Based on the physicochemical characteristics, metals emitted from the source (both natural and anthropogenic) contributes towards spatial continuity at a regional scale. Apart from the intrinsic properties of ...
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Status, Issues and Challenges of Biodiversity: Lower Plants (Non-vascular)
India is a country of immense biodiversity; it has more than 95,000 species of animals and 45,500 species of plants in its ten biogeographic regions. Besides, it is recognized as one of the eight Vavilovian ce...
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Microclimatic variations and their effects on photosynthetic efficiencies and lichen species distribution along elevational gradients in Garhwal Himalayas
Climate change effects on Himalayas are expectedly more pronounced than any other mountainous ecoregion of the world with expected threat of meltdown by the year 2100 if effective checks are not imposed. The i...
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Lichen Community Composition in Tawang District of Arunachal Pradesh, Tool for Long-Term Climate Change Monitoring
The lichen diversity in Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh, India was studied in order to access the long-term effect of climate change in alpine regions of the area. The present study provides an enumeratio...
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Molecular analysis of genetic diversity and population structure in Everniastrum cirrhatum (Fr.) Hale (Parmeliaceae) in India
Everniastrum cirrhatum is a medicinally important lichen used in Ayurvedic and Unani systems of medicine. In the present study, DAMD and ISSR methods were used to estimate the genetic variation a...
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Open AccessChange in atmospheric deposition during last half century and its impact on lichen community structure in Eastern Himalaya
Climatic fluctuations largely affects species turnover and cause major shifts of terrestrial ecosystem. In the present study the five decade old herbarium specimens of lichens were compared with recent collect...
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Preliminary lichenometric studies in Eastern and North-Western Himalaya
Lichenometry is an extremely useful technique in dating moraine ridge and recent glacier retreat in polar and alpine regions. The study relates the size of the lichen thallus to the minimum age of the exposure...
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Ecological implication of variation in the secondary metabolites in Parmelioid lichens with respect to altitude
Lichens are known to synthesize a variety of secondary metabolites having multifunctional activity in response to external environmental condition. Two common lichen extrolites, atranorin and salazinic acid, a...
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Physiological and genetic effects of chromium (+VI) on toxitolerant lichen species, Pyxine cocoes
Chromium is a highly toxic non-essential metal, which causes a variety of metabolic activities in plants. Pyxine cocoes a well known toxitolerant lichen species was considered to evaluate the possible physiologic...
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Recent Advances in Lichenology
Modern Methods and Approaches in Lichen Systematics and Culture Techniques, Volume 2
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Lichenology: Current Research in India
Lichens are one of the important constituents of the Indian flora. The vast topographical and climatic diversity has endowed it with a rich lichen flora, both in luxuriance and diversity. Despite intense effor...
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ISSR and DAMD markers revealed high genetic variability within Flavoparmelia caperata in Western Himalaya (India)
Flavoparmelia caperata (L.) Hale is medicinally very important and possesses antifungal and antibacterial activities. F. caperata is the only species found in India. Inter simple sequence repeat ...
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Selection of suitable lichen bioindicator species for monitoring climatic variability in the Himalaya
Interspecific comparison in metals and PAHs profile in three lichen species, Flavoparmelia caperata, Phaeophyscia hispidula and Pyxine sorediata, were studied in different altitudinal gradients of the Western Him...
