Ecology of soil lichens from Pliocene clay badlands of central Italy in relation to geomorphology and vascular vegetation

Catena

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-15

  Loppi, Stefano ^a   Boscagli, Aldemaro ^a   De Dominicis, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Badlands; Biological soil crusts; Italy; Semi arid; Terricolous lichens; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

BADLANDS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LICHEN; SEMIARID REGION; VASCULAR PLANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA CRETACEA; BROMUS; BROMUS ERECTUS; CLADONIA; CLADONIA RANGIFORMIS; FULGENSIA; FULGENSIA FULGENS; POACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0842327837     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(03)00105-X     Document Type: Article

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