Biological soil crusts across disturbance-recovery scenarios: Effect of grazing regime on community dynamics

Ecological Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1863-1877

  Concostrina Zubiri, L ^a,b   Huber Sannwald, E ^c   Martinez I ^b   Flores Flores, J L ^a   Reyes Aguero J A ^a   Escudero, A ^b   Belnap, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c UASLP   (Mexico)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bryophyte; Cyanobacteria; Drylands; Grassland; Grazing; Lichen; Resilience; Resistance

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL CRUST;

BRYOPHYTES; CYANOBACTERIA;

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LICHEN (ORGANISM); MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LICHENS; MEXICO; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84908006418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1416.1     Document Type: Article

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