Functional profiles reveal unique ecological roles of various biological soil crust organisms

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 787-795

  Bowker, Matthew A ^a,b   Mau, Rebecca L ^a   Maestre, Fernando T ^a   Escolar, Cristina ^a   Castillo Monroy, Andrea P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid and semi arid; Bryophytes; Ecosystem function; Enzyme activities; Lichens; Trait diversity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CALCAREOUS SOIL; DATA SET; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; LICHEN; MOSS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CRUST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SPAIN;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; DIPLOSCHISTES DIACAPSIS; PLEUROCHAETE SQUARROSA; SQUAMARINA LENTIGERA;

EID: 79959825589     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01835.x     Document Type: Article

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