Anatomical, morphological and ecophysiological strategies in Placopsis pycnotheca (lichenized fungi, Ascomycota) allowing rapid colonization of recently deglaciated soils

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 206, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 857-864

  De los Ríos, Asunción ^a   Raggio, José ^b   Pérez Ortega, Sergio ^a   Vivas, Mercedes ^b   Pintado, Ana ^a   Green, T G Allan ^b,c   Ascaso, Carmen ^a   Sancho, Leopoldo G ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cephalodia; Gas exchange; Nitrogen fixation; Receding glaciers; Soil crust; Terricolous lichen

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BARE SOIL; COLONIZATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNGUS; GAS EXCHANGE; GREEN ALGA; LICHEN; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYMER; SOIL CRUST; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL STABILIZATION;

CHILE; ISLA GRANDE DE TIERRA DEL FUEGO; TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(ARC) SOUTH AMERICA];

ALGAE; ASCOMYCOTA; CHLOROPHYTA; FUNGI; PLACOPSIS PYCNOTHECA;

EID: 80053458776     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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