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Table 1 Ecological characters of the five examined clades of parmelioid lichens (average per year followed by standard deviation in brackets).

From: Accelerated evolutionary rates in tropical and oceanic parmelioid lichens (Ascomycota)

 

Altitude

Maximal average temperature

Minimal average temperature

Precipitation (in mm)

Emberger Index

Hypotrachyna clade 1

1549.08 (± 1323.53)

17.56 (± 3.57)

8.38 (± 3.53)

1071.32 (± 345.32)

209.19 (± 69.07)

Hypotrachyna clade 2

1918 (± 992.86)

23.6 (± 2.25)

11.5 (± 7.78)

1383.35 (± 775.43)

151.98 (± 20.87)

Melanohalea clade

1024.22 (± 537.52)

18.51 (± 3.07)

-2.56 (± 5.06)

711 (± 522.39)

109.46 (± 77.83)

Parmotrema clade

349.21 (± 341.44)

20.51 (± 2.67)

10.06 (± 2.95)

1014 (± 184.93)

118.52 (± 41.66)

Xanthoparmelia clade

766.5 (± 497.23)

20.2 (± 2.43)

5.04 (± 2.74)

631.93 (± 209.98)

81.14 (± 33.41)

  1. The Emberger's index is calculated as follows: Q = 100 × P/Tmmax2 - Tmmin2, where P is average annual precipitation, Tmmax is average maximum temperature of warmest month, Tmmin is average minimum temperature of coldest month.