62.32 - Rock pavement lichen communities

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

More or less level surfaces of rock of lowlands, hills and mountains of nondesert regions of the Palaearctic exposed by erosion or weathering processes, colonized by dense lichen mats.

Bibliography

Devillers P., Devillers-Terschuren J. & Vander Linden C., 2001. PHYSIS Palaearctic Habitat Classification Database. Updated to 10 December 2001. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles. (Source)

Moberg and Holmåson, 1992; Ellenberg, 1988; Påhlsson, 1994; Hansen, 1995.