Air pollution and the urban heat island effect are known to directly affect ecosystems in
urban areas. Lichens, which are widely known as good ecological indicators of air quality …

Functional groups of epiphytic lichens are proposed as indicators of air quality in a
Mediterranean urban area in the south of Portugal. Local land use: traffic (for areas near …

In this work, we hypothesized that in urban areas with reduced pollution levels, local climatic
conditions can be an important driver of lichen diversity. Thus, lichen functional groups could …

A comprehensive biomonitoring programme should integrate several methods distributed
along the biomonitoring chain, allowing to detect exposure, threads and impacts. In the case …

Lichens are considered to be among the most sensitive organisms for several types of
pollutants. In this work, we analyzed a dataset of 286 epiphytic lichen species observed on …

The study presents results of the 2010 forest health and vitality survey carried out on the
representative net of Level I plots of ICP Forests and the FutMon project. The survey was …

In this paper we investigated the biological effects of airborne pollutants released during
cement production by means of epiphytic lichens (SW Slovakia). We assessed the effects of …

We characterize lichen flora of Slovakia based on the review of recent studies published
since 1998, point at selected lichen taxa described for science from this territory and outline …

Chileans living in urban areas are exposed to several air pollutants, namely to a mean
annual concentration of atmospheric PM 2.5 (> 40 µg m− 3 year− 1) that exceeds two times …

Main conclusion Different nitrogen forms affect different metabolic pathways in lichens. In
particular, the most relevant changes in protein expression were observed in the fungal …