A spatial regression model for predicting abundance of lichen functional groups

Lichen functional traits such as growth, photosynthetic and reproductive strategies, are considered indicators of changes in environmental conditions result- ing especially from air pollution. However, due to the high variability of lichen flora, it is often difficult to differentiate the effects of atmospheric pollutants and those of other environmental variables. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the synergistic effect of atmospheric pollutants and environmental variables on lichen functional groups distribution through a Bayesian generalized spatial regression model