Biological soil crust influence on germination and rooting of two key species in a Stipa tenacissima steppe

Plant and Soil

Volumn 375, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 267-274

  Mendoza Aguilar, Dinorah O ^a   Cortina, Jordi ^b   Pando Moreno, Marisela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biocrust; Facilitation; Soil hydrophobicity; Soil roughness; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN TREE; FACILITATION; GERMINATION; GRASS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LICHEN; ROOTING; SOIL CRUST; SOIL SURFACE; STEPPE; VASCULAR PLANT;

SPAIN;

BRACHYPODIUM; BRACHYPODIUM RETUSUM; BRYOPHYTA; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; STIPA TENACISSIMA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84893753731     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1958-8     Document Type: Article

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