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A Geometric Technique for Evaluating Lichen Growth Models Using the Boundaries of Competing Thalli

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2007

M. R. T. Dale
Affiliation:
Botany Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaT6G 2E9

Abstract

Where two crustose lichen thalli meet at a ‘ truce ’ boundary theshape of the boundary can be used to evaluate models of how lichen growth rates change with thallus size. The application of this method to studies of intra- and interspecific competition are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © British Lichen Society 1985

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