Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Photobionts
- 3. Mycobionts
- 4. Thallus morphology and anatomy
- 5. Morphogenesis
- 6. Photosynthesis, respiration, productivity and growth
- 7. Nitrogen, its metabolism and potential contribution to ecosystems
- 8. Nutrients, elemental accumulation and mineral cycling
- 9. Biochemistry and secondary metabolites
- 10. The lichen as an individual, and its population ecology
- 11. Lichen biogeography
- 12. Systematics, phylogeny and classification
- 13. Lichens as indicators of air pollution
- References
- Index
