Biological soil crust and vascular plant communities in a sand savanna of northwestern Ohio

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 244-252

  Neher, Deborah A ^a   Walters, Timothy L ^a   Tramer, Elliot ^a   Weicht, Thomas R ^a   Veluci, Roberta M ^a,e   Saiya Cork, Kelly ^a   Will Wolf, Susan ^b   Toppin, James ^c   Traub, Janet ^c   Johansen, Jeffrey R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c John Carroll University ^*

^d JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acari; Biological soil crusts; Bryophytes; Collembolans; Cyanobacteria; Flora; Lichens; Mites; Nematodes; Oak Openings; Sand savanna

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LICHEN; SAVANNA; SOIL CRUST; SOIL FAUNA; VASCULAR PLANT;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BROMUS; BROMUS INERMIS; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CERATODON; CERATODON PURPUREUS; CHLOROPHYTA; CLADONIA; COLLEMBOLA; CYANOBACTERIA; DESMOCOCCUS; DESMOCOCCUS OLIVAEUS; NEMATODA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); POLYTRICHUM; POLYTRICHUM PILIFERUM; QUERCUS; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; RUBUS; RUBUS FLAGELLARIS; STICHOCOCCUS; STICHOCOCCUS BACILLARIS; TRACHEOPHYTA; VICIA; VICIA VILLOSA; VILLOSA;

EID: 10744223201     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3557543     Document Type: Review

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