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THE GROWTH CURVE OF THE CRUSTOSE LICHEN BUELLIA CANESCENS (DICKS.) DE NOT.
Author(s) -
PROCTOR M. C. F.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1977.tb02250.x
Subject(s) - thallus , crustose , lichen , botany , biology , horticulture
SUMMARY Growth curves for Buellia canescens have been constructed using photographic measurements of thalli in situ over yearly intervals. The curves approximate to a simple model based on the assumption that relative growth rate is proportional to the area of thallus in an annulus of constant width within the growing margin.