A. Pintado, L. G. Sancho, J. M. Blanquer, T. G. A. Green and R. Lázaro 2010: Microclimatic factors and photosynthetic activity of crustose lichens from the semiarid southeast of Spain: long-term measurements for Diploschistes diacapsis. - In: T. H. Nash, III, L. Geiser, B. McCune, D. Triebel, A. M. F. Tomescu and W. B. Sanders: Biology of Lichens ― Symbiosis, Ecology, Environmental Monitoring, Systematics and Cyber Applications. . Bibliotheca Lichenologica No. 105. J. Cramer in der Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart. 256 pages pp. 211-223. [RLL List # 220 / Rec.# 32145] Keywords: SPAIN/ DIPLOSCHISTES/ CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE/ SOIL CRUSTS/ LONG-TERM MEASUREMENT/ MICROCLIMATE
Abstract: [Study using chlorophyll fluorescence measurements. "Although living in one of Europe's most extreme and sunniest environments, the lichen, when active, behaved as if it was a temperate, shade species."]