Table 3 Main literature sources for lichen species used in this study.

From: A geospatial dataset of lichen key attributes in the Earth’s three poles

Region

Number

References

Arctic

2208 species

Geiser et al.151, Kristinsson et al.21, Holt et al.152, Printzen153, Thomson19,20, Thomson and Scotter14,15,16,17,18, Spribille et al.154, Flora of Island155 (http://www.floraislands.is/index.html), Mapping of Norwegian lecideoid lichens156 (https://nhm2.uio.no/botanisk/lav/LAVFLORA/LECIDEOID.HTM)

Tibetan Plateau

382 species

Zahlbruckner157,158,159,160,161,162, Makarevicz et al.163, Poelt164, Wei and Chen165, Wei166, Obermayer167, Zhao et al.168, Baniya et al.169, Huang and Guo170, Timdal et al.171, Wei and Jiang172

Antarctic

433 species

Nakanishi173, Kappen and Redon174, Li175, Sancho et al.24, Li et al.176, Yin et al.177, Kim et al.178, Seymour et al.179, Han and Wei180, Seppelt et al.181, Casanovas et al.182, Peat et al.183, Søchting et al.25, Øvstedal and Lewis-Smith23, Olech et al.184, Pertierra et al.185