Lichen Life in a Humid Afromontane Forest
Fonge, Beatrice / Elizabeth, Orock / Tabot, Pascal Lichens diversities are informative indicators for assessing the health of the environment in which they are found. Deforestation and changing land uses alter population structure of, and ecosystem conditions for most biota. Identification by morphological and chemical spot tests showed a total of 89 species, in 27 families and 22 of these species were site-specific. Parmeliaceae and species of Usnea, Heterodermia and Dirinaria applanata domin...