Controls of biological soil crust cover and composition shift with succession in sagebrush shrub-steppe

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 94, Issue , 2013, Pages 96-104

  Dettweiler Robinson, E ^a   Bakker, J D ^a   Grace, J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromus tectorum; Columbia Basin; Community succession; Indicator Species Analysis; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BRYOPHYTE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LICHEN; SHRUB; SOIL COVER; SOIL CRUST; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; STEPPE; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

COLUMBIA BASIN;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 84876300361     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2013.01.013     Document Type: Article

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