Dynamics of cover, UV-protective pigments, and quantum yield in biological soil crust communities of an undisturbed Mojave Desert shrubland

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 202, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 674-686

  Belnap, Jayne ^a   Phillips, Susan L ^a   Smith, Stanley D ^b  

^a Canyonlands Research Station   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Collema; Drylands; Lichen; Moss; Syntrichia caninervis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; DESERT; GROUND COVER; LICHEN; MOSS; PIGMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SHRUBLAND; SOIL CRUST; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA; COLLEMA; COLLEMA COCCOPHORUM; COLLEMA TENAX; CYANOBACTERIA; SYNTRICHIA CANINERVIS;

EID: 35248827573     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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