Late-successional biological soil crusts in a biodiversity hotspot: An example of congruency in species richness

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1015-1031

  Hernandez, Rebecca R ^a,b   Knudsen, Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California sage scrub; Chaparral; Lichens; Mediterranean; Mosses; Shrubland

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HOT SPOT; LICHEN; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOSS; REFUGIUM; SCRUB; SHRUBLAND; SOIL CRUST; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CRUSTACEA; SALVIA COLUMBARIAE COLUMBARIAE; SARCOGYNE; SELAGINELLACEAE; SELAGINELLALES;

EID: 84857720467     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0236-z     Document Type: Article

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