Contact : Vince Giavarini
| Consultant Lichenologist, Member of the British Lichen Society Flat 2 4 Spring Hill SWANAGE Dorset, BH19 1EZ |
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| e-mail: website: | vinceg@giavarini.freeserve.co.uk www.thebls.org.uk (external site, opens new window) |
At this site click on Surveys to see all recent unpublished work on Devon lichens. It is likely that this site will be regularly updated.
Research interests:
Lichen ecology on Dartmoor; recent changes in lichen communities, bio indication using lichens, the colonisation of metalliferous mine spoil and the aquatic lichens of Dartmoor's major watercourses.
Completed projects and/or published work relevant to Dartmoor:
Current projects include a comparative long-term study at Grendon, Dartmoor, of treated versus untreated timbers used for fencing needs, to see whether there are significant differences in the species mix and rate of lichen colonisation on the different products. Currently resurveying Blackingstone Tor and Belever Tor to compare with results obtained in Giavarini (1990).
Giavarini, V.J. (2000). Lichen Monitoring Project, Riverside Trees, Holne Chase, Dartmoor. [Report to English Nature]. 24 pp., incl. species list and Figs.
River valley trees tagged. Total lichen flora 96; RIEC 50; NIEC 17 + 2B.
Giavarini V J (1990). Lichens of the Dartmoor rocks. Lichenologist 22: 367-396.
Gilbert O L & Giavarini V J (1997). The lichen vegetation of acid watercourses in England. Lichenologist 29: 347-367. (Contains references and data on the aquatic lichens of the River Dart).
Return to the Dartmoor Biodiversity Research Group Completed Research page.
Page updated 23 November 2005
