Composition and function of biological soil crust communities along topographic gradients in grasslands of central interior British Columbia (Chilcotin) and southwestern Yukon (Kluane)

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 717-736

  Marsh, Janet ^a   Nouvet, Sabine ^a   Sanborn, Paul ^a   Coxson, Darwyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acetylene reduction; Beringia; Biological soil crusts; Collema tenax; Lichen diversity

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ACETYLENE REDUCTION; BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS; COLLEMA TENAX; LICHEN DIVERSITY;

SOILS;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRASSLAND; LICHEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOIL CRUST; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ACETYLENE; LICHENS; SOIL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; KLUANE NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT ELIAS MOUNTAINS; YUKON TERRITORY;

ACAROSPORA SCHLEICHERI; BRYOPHYTA; CALOPLACA TOMINII; CLADONIA; CLADONIA CARNEOLA; CLADONIA CHLOROPHAEA; CLADONIA PYXIDATA; COLLEMA; COLLEMA TENAX; DIPLOSCHISTES MUSCORUM; FULGENSIA BRACTEATA; PHAEORRHIZA NIMBOSA; PLACIDIUM; PSORA DECIPIENS; XIPHOPHORUS MACULATUS;

EID: 33749317202     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B06-026     Document Type: Article

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