Disturbance of the biological soil crusts and performance of Stipa tenacissima in a semi-arid Mediterranean steppe

Plant and Soil

Volumn 334, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 311-322

  Cortina, Jordi ^a   Martín, Noelia ^a   Maestre, Fernando T ^b   Bautista, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Disturbance; Runoff; Soil moisture; Source sink dynamics; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; DISTURBANCE; GROWTH RATE; HERBICIDE; MONOCOTYLEDON; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RUNOFF; SOIL CRUST; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL WATER; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; STEPPE; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND; VASCULAR PLANT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CYANOBACTERIA; STIPA TENACISSIMA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77955844100     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0384-4     Document Type: Article

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