Microclimatic boundary conditions for activity of soil lichen crusts in sand dunes of the north-western Negev desert, Israel

Flora

Volumn 196, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 465-474

  Veste, Maik ^a,c   Littmann, Thomas ^b   Friedrich, Hartmut ^a   Breckle, Siegmar Walter ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological crust; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Cryptogamic crust; Dewfall; Microclimate; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

DEW; DUNE; LICHEN; MICROCLIMATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL CRUST;

ISRAEL; NEGEV DESERT;

FUNGI;

EID: 0035651648     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0367-2530(17)30088-9     Document Type: Article

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