Recovery of lichen-dominated soil crusts in a hyper-arid desert

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-20

  Lalley, Jennifer S ^a,b   Viles, Heather A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biological soil crusts; Desert restoration; Lichen succession; Multiple regression; Namibia

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DESERT SOIL; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; LICHEN; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL CRUST; SOIL STABILIZATION;

AFRICA; NAMIB DESERT; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 38349031290     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9153-y     Document Type: Article

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