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Epipllytic lichenJ u Indicator of landate pattera and fons. barv d na La •
com• • nity fOl' in ..'est Nepal

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nd )' em proccsscs. ThCl'l'forc, in order to dC\"oc an ~ ffecti\ con a- n
ntCeSW)' [0 involve oommWliry app . Comm ity folftb'y is an
community &Cd approe -b help in ·n local teOl ' I
irable • Li(;bem arc known to be more lCIISitive indiClJO of ~[~~m
functioning and distwt:IIInces lha:n any other a)'plO ic ulat plan1 CO
PrescnI Dely reporu I prcLi.miouy of cp'ph)'lic r ns in community
o (2~ 1 8'O" • 8 35"0'" ). \ l i l in o rder to idcnrifY potcatiaJ iDdi to of
tJI and ttcm. Epiphyte (OOfticolo ) Jj J \Ii'e 1IIlq)1cd fro m ten I
sum (WU ing w CrcqueK)' pi o f 10 ~ SO em. eli 'ded inI.o (hoc pI' uni
r 10 " 10 em. reus Jnootrlclrophora 'A'U the dominant phoropbyte foUo~ b)' PI
ror hU. Rhododmdro" ar60rmnrr .~Tial ~ /mID. for Panneloid lichens
(PctrfItOIrtlllO spp .. H~I ""i(1 • Hypotroclr;'1fIJ spp .. BlilbotJrra spp.. CanoptUflfSllo
" CmomocvliltD spp.) were d1e ITIOSI t licbcn found inh iting an the
pboroph foJlowed by m.I OSC. &\I djmolpbi~ !JOWlh fonm. Maximum diversity
f nnel 'd lictJen W I'CIC rded n Ida' of while )'Ounga ods Iy
IIdlI'11VH'1M crust ( ra. Basldkl). (be Ii ben di, " y inc
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