Table A1.

Description of experimental design showing the number of replicates that were used for each experiment with the GPS coordinates from the sampling location or the location where the experiment was conducted. All samples were collected from the National Park Pan de Azúcar, Atacama Desert, Chile

Experiment	Lichen Species	n	GPS coordinates (latS/longW)	m above sea level
PAM	Acarospora conafii	8	25; 59;04 70;36;56	769
PAM	Placidium sp.	8	25; 59;04 70;36;56	769
PAM	Everniopsis trulla	8	25;59;00 70;36;58	768
PAM	Ramalina thrausta	8	25;59;00 70;36;58	768
Eco‐physiology: response to light	A. conafii	5	25;59;00 70;36;58	757
			25;59;03 70;36;57	761
			26;00;47 70;35;58	874
			25;59;00 70;36;58	681
			25;59;02 70;36;18	762
Eco‐physiology: response to light	Placidium sp.	5	26;00;31 70;36;23	763
			25;58;59 70;36;54	715
			26;01;39 70;34;04	693
			25;59;00 70;36;58	721
			25;59;00 70;36;58	842
Eco‐physiology: response to light	E. trulla	5	25;59;00 70;36;58	753
			25;59;02 70;36;18	836
			26;00;23 70;36;19	693
			26;00;47 70;35;58	833
			25;59;02 70;36;55	763
Eco‐physiology: response to light	R. thrausta	5	25;59;00 70;36;58	753
			25;59;02 70;36;18	836
			26;00;23 70;36;19	693
			26;00;47 70;35;58	833
			25;59;02 70;36;55	763
Eco‐physiology: response to water	A. conafii	5	Same as above
Eco‐physiology: response to water	Placidium sp.	5	Same as above
Eco‐physiology: response to water	E. trulla	5	Same as above
Eco‐physiology: response to water	R. thrausta	5	Same as above
Eco‐physiology: exposure to high air humidity	A. conafii	5	Same as above
Eco‐physiology: exposure to high air humidity	Placidium sp.	5	Same as above
Eco‐physiology: exposure to high air humidity	E. trulla	5	Same as above
Eco‐physiology: exposure to high air humidity	R. thrausta	5	Same as above