List of lichens found on a plastic sign at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica.

Subject and Keywords:
Foliicolous lichens, Costa Rica, La Selva Biological Station, artificial growth substrata, plastic.

Author(s):
Robert Lücking (rlucking@hotmail.com)
Lehrstuhl für Pflanzensystematik
Universität Bayreuth
D-95447 Bayreuth
Germany
http://www.uni-bayreuth.de/departments/planta2/research/lichens/homepage.htm

Funding Sources:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD).

Abstract:
The dataset comprises a total of 63 lichens which were found on a plastic sign collected at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica.

Data Description:
The data contains a list of all lichens species collected on the plastic sign.

Language(s):
EN

Spatial and Temporal Coverage:
Spatial coverage: La Selva Biological Station. OTS. SHO-trail, near Río Puerto Viejo. Temporal coverage: August 1997.

Taxonomic Coverage:
Foliicolous lichens

Form and Size:
The "folmeta3.doc" file is a Word-Document. The data are arranged in a simple list format.

TFS Name:
ots-laselva

Contacts:
See author

Availability:
Public access. Online:
http://www.ots.ac.cr/rdmcnfs/datasets/ots-laselva-19990114110013.07357/data/

Relation to Other Datasets:
See also the datasets "List of foliicolous lichens and their lichenicolous fungi reported from La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica" and "Microsite preferences and indices of foliicolous lichens at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica".

Metadata Log:
1999-01-14 11:00:13: Created by vnielsen. New record

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1999-04-23 12:47:33: Modified by barbozac:
Updated availability status to online.

Additional Information:
Relevant literature:
LÜCKING, R. (1999): 'Plasticolous' lichens in a tropical rain forest at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. Lichenologist 30: 287-301.