Comparison of disturbance impacts to and spatial distribution of biological soil crusts in the little San Bernardino mountains of Joshua Tree National Park, California

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 539-552

  Pietrasiak, Nicole ^a   Johansen, Jeffrey R ^b   Ladoux, Tasha ^c   Graham, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HC1 Box 101   (United States)

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EID: 84857271242     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/064.071.0412     Document Type: Article

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