Small-scale spatial patterns of biological crusts in a Mediterranean semi-arid ecosystem;Variaciones en el patrón espacial a pequeña escala de los componentes de la costra biológica en un ecosistema Mediterráneo semiárido

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-46

  Maestre, Fernando T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological crusts; Foliose lichens; Mosses; Steppe; Stipa tenacissima

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; STIPA TENACISSIMA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0038471281     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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