Response of desert biological soil crusts to alterations in precipitation frequency

Oecologia

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 306-316

  Belnap, Jayne ^a   Phillips, Susan L ^a   Miller, Mark E ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid lands; Carbon; Climate change; Radiation stress; UV pigments

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; NITROGENASE; PIGMENT; RAIN;

CARBON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DESERT SOIL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL CRUST;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; LICHENS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEASON; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHLOROPHYLL; CYANOBACTERIA; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; LICHENS; NITROGENASE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; RAIN; SEASONS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; UTAH;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA; COLLEMA; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROCOLEUS; NOSTOC; SCYTONEMA;

EID: 6044237089     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1438-6     Document Type: Article

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