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Causes of change in nitrophytic and oligotrophic lichen species in a Mediterranean climate: Impact of land cover and atmospheric pollutants

Environmental Pollution

Pinho P.; Augusto S.; Branquinho C.2008Elsevier

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Autores:

Pinho P. (Pedro António Pinho Lopes); Augusto S. (Amílcar de Oliveira Soares); Martins-Loução M.A.; Pereira M.J. (Maria João Correia Colunas Pereira); Soares A.; Máguas C.; Branquinho C.

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01/08/2008

Resumo

With the aim of determining the main drivers of changes in nitrophytic and oligotrophic macro-lichen communities in an industrial region with a Mediterranean climate, we considered both land-cover types and atmospheric pollutants. We determined the relation between the abundance of nitrophytic and oligotrophic species with environmental factors considering the distance of influence of land-cover types. The results showed that oligotrophic species decreased in the proximity of artificial areas, barren land and agricultural areas, associated with higher concentrations of {NO2} and Zn, and Ti, probably dust of industrial and agricultural origin. Nitrophytic species were positively related to all the mentioned land-cover types, and with higher concentrations of Fe and N. Magnesium, probably from ocean aerosols, was negatively related to oligotrophic species and positively to nitrophytic.

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Editora

Elsevier

Título do contentor da publicação

Environmental Pollution

Primeira página ou número de artigo

380

Última página

389

Volume

154

Fascículo

3

Domínio Científico (FOS)

earth-and-related-environmental-sciences - Ciências da Terra e Ciências do Ambiente

Palavras-chave

  • Functional groups
  • Nitrogen tolerance
  • Pollutant sourcesland use
  • Biodiversity
  • Distance of influence

Idioma da publicação (código ISO)

eng - Inglês

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