Snail herbivory decreases cyanobacterial abundance and lichen diversity along cracks of limestone pavements

Ecosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Fröoberg, Lars ^a   Stoll, Peter ^b   Baur, Anette ^b   Baur, Bruno ^b  

^a Botanical Museum   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bioweathering; Cyanobacteria; Epilithic lichen; Herbivory; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876802238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES10-00197.1     Document Type: Article

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