Functional ecology of the biological soil crust in semiarid SE Spain: Sun and shade populations of Diploschistes diacapsis (Ach.) Lumbsch

Lichenologist

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 425-432

  Pintado, A ^a,b   Sancho, Leopoldo G ^a   Green, T G Allan ^c   Blanquer, José Manuel ^a   Lázaro, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diploschistes diacapsis; Ecophysiology; Semiarid south east Spain; Soil crust

Indexed keywords

DIPLOSCHISTES DIACAPSIS;

EID: 33644656771     PISSN: 00242829     EISSN: 10961135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0024282905015021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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