Effect of microbiotic soil surface crusts on emergence of vascular plants

Plant Ecology

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 65-75

  Prasse, Rüdiger ^a   Bornkamm, Reinhard ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryptobiotic crusts; Cryptogamic crusts; Disturbance; Microphytic crusts; Sand dune desert; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

CRUST; CYANOBACTERIUM; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SOIL SURFACE; VASCULAR PLANT;

EID: 0034492269     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026593429455     Document Type: Article

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