Advanced Photogrammetry to Assess Lichen Colonization in the Hyper-Arid Namib Desert

Advanced Photogrammetry to Assess Lichen Colonization in the Hyper-Arid Namib Desert

The hyper-arid central region of the Namib Desert is characterized by quartz desert pavement terrain that is devoid of vascular plant covers. In this extreme habitat the only discernible surface covers are epilithic lichens that colonize exposed surfaces of quartz rocks. These lichens are highly sus...

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Main Authors: Graham Hinchliffe, Barbara Bollard-Breen, Don A. Cowan, Ashray Doshi, Len N. Gillman, Gillian Maggs-Kolling, Asuncion de Los Rios, Stephen B. Pointing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
astrobiology
computer vision
desert
GIS
lichen
microbial ecology
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02083/full

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