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Growth of Rhizocarpon geographicum in the summit region of Volcan Barú, Panama

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2017

Gerhard Zotz
Gerhard Zotz*
Affiliation:
Functional Ecology of Plants, Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, P.O. Box 2503, D-26111 Oldenburg, Germany; and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apdo 08343-03092, Panama, Republic of Panama. Email: [email protected]
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The Lichenologist , Volume 49 , Issue 5 , September 2017 , pp. 535 - 538
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© British Lichen Society, 2017 

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