A simple classification of soil types as habitats of biological soil crusts on the Colorado Plateau, USA

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 831-840

  Bowker, Matthew A ^a,b   Belnap, Jayne ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Cryptogam; Ecological indicator; Ecosystem engineer; Land management; Microbiotic crust; Soil chemistry

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBONATE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; GRAZING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LICHEN; LIMESTONE; MOSS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

BRYOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 65249174543     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3170/2008-8-18454     Document Type: Article

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