Lichen diversity on steppe slopes in the northern Mongolian mountain taiga and its dependence on microclimate

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 202, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 530-546

  Hauck, Markus ^a   Dulamsuren, Choimaa ^b   Mühlenberg, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Light; Light taiga; Meadow steppe; Photoprotection; Ulmus pumila open woodland; Water availability

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; HABITAT TYPE; IRRADIATION; LICHEN; MICROCLIMATE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOPROTECTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STEPPE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ASIA; CENTRAL PROVINCE [MONGOLIA]; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KHENTEY MOUNTAINS; MONGOLIA;

BETULA PLATYPHYLLA; BRYOPHYTA; LARIX; LARIX SIBIRICA; ULMUS; ULMUS PUMILA;

EID: 34547932236     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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