Biological soil crust community types differ in key ecological functions

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 168-171

  Pietrasiak, Nicole ^a   Regus, John U ^a   Johansen, Jeffrey R ^b,c   Lam, David ^a   Sachs, Joel L ^a   Santiago, Louis S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biological soil crust; Carbon fixation; Mojave Desert; Nitrogen fixation; Soil stability

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS; CARBON FIXATION; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; LANDSCAPE-SCALE ASSESSMENTS; MOJAVE DESERT; MULTIFUNCTIONALITY; SOIL STABILITY;

ECOSYSTEMS; NITROGEN FIXATION;

SOILS;

CARBON FIXATION; DESERT SOIL; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LICHEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOIL CRUST; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; WILDERNESS AREA;

MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879425575     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.05.011     Document Type: Article

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