Diversity of free-living and lichenized fungal communities in biological soil crusts of the Sultanate of Oman and their role in improving soil properties

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 695-705

  Abed, Raeid M M ^a   Al Sadi, Abdullah M ^a   Al Shehi, Muneera ^a   Al Hinai, Sheikha ^a   Robinson, Michael D ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Biological soil crusts; Cultivation; Erosion; Fungi; Lichens; Pyrosequencing; Water holding capacity

Indexed keywords

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS; CLADOSPORIUM; ECOREGIONS; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; FUNGAL DIVERSITY; FUNGAL ISOLATES; FUSARIUM; LICHENS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PYROSEQUENCING; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL STABILITY; SULTANATE OF OMAN; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY;

ARID REGIONS; CULTIVATION; EROSION; LANDFORMS; SOILS;

FUNGI;

BIOACCUMULATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CULTIVATION; DOMINANCE; ECOREGION; FUNGUS; LICHEN; PHYLOGENETICS; SOIL CRUST; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL STRENGTH; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

OMAN;

ALTERNARIA; ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS; AUREOBASIDIUM; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; CLADOSPORIUM; COCHLIOBOLUS; CYANOBACTERIA; DOTHIDEOMYCETES; EUROTIOMYCETES; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; LECANOROMYCETES; LEMPHOLEMMA POLYANTHES; LICHINELLA CRIBELLIFERA; LICHINOMYCETES; MYROTHECIUM; PECCANIA FONTQUERIANA; PHOMA; PLACIDIUM; PLEOSPORALES; PSORA DECIPIENS; SARCINOMYCES; STROMATELLA BERMUDANA; ULOCLADIUM; VERRUCARIA;

EID: 84870794092     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.07.023     Document Type: Article

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