Lichen traits responding to aridity

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 451-458

  Matos, Paula ^a,b   Pinho, Pedro ^a,c   Aragón, Gregorio ^d   Martínez, Isabel ^d   Nunes, Alice ^a,b   Soares, Amadeu M V M ^b   Branquinho, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Determinants of plant community diversity and structure; Drylands; Functional response groups; Growth form; Photobiont type; Reproduction type; Semi arid

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DRYLAND FARMING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; LICHEN; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEMIARID REGION;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

CYANOBACTERIA; TRENTEPOHLIA;

EID: 84924018318     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12364     Document Type: Article

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