Surveying for biotic soil crust lichens of shrub steppe habitats in the Columbia Basin

North American Fungi

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1-21

  Root, Heather T ^a,b   McCune, Bruce ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic soil crust; Bryophytes; Calcareous soils; Lichens; Sagebrush; Surveys; Texosporium

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; TEXOSPORIUM;

EID: 84862489125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1937786X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2509/naf2012.007.007     Document Type: Article

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