Lichen species dominance and the resulting photosynthetic behavior of sonoran desert soil crust types (Baja California, Mexico)

Ecological Processes

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Büdel, Burkhard ^a   Vivas, Mercedes ^b   Lange, Otto L ^c  

^a France   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological soil crust; Cyanobacteria; Lichens; Photosynthesis; Reactivation; Sonoran desert

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY; FUNGI; LANDFORMS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS; CYANOBACTERIA; LICHENS; REACTIVATION; SONORAN DESERT;

SOILS;

CYANOBACTERIUM; DESERT SOIL; DOMINANCE; LICHEN; PATCHINESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REACTIVATION; SOIL CRUST;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SONORAN DESERT;

CYANOBACTERIA; PELTULA PATELLATA; PLACIDIUM; PSORA DECIPIENS;

EID: 84902381394     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21921709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2192-1709-2-6     Document Type: Article

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