Examining Quality Assessment Indexes for Bryophytes and Lichens

Ohio is fortunate in being a leader in the study of bryophytes and lichens in the United States, largely due to the work of the Ohio Moss and Lichen Association and its individual members. Below are two articles that hopefully will start a discussion on looking at data produced through an additional ecological lens: going beyond lists and searches for rarer species, and considering data collected for usability in Quality Assessment Indexes, similar to what is done for the Floral Quality Assessment Index (FQAI), which is based on vascular plants, and is widely used in the eastern and central US.

Articles discussing this are presented below:
1) An Example for Doing a Moss Quality Assessment, With Implications for Future OMLA Work
2) Lichens as an Ecological Indicator: A Summary of a Lichen Communities Article, With Implications for Ohio

-Bill Schumacher