Long-term changes in biological soil crust cover and composition

Ecological Processes

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Dettweiler Robinson, Eva ^a   Ponzetti, Jeanne M ^b   Bakker, Jonathan D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b not available   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological soil crust; Bromus tectorum; Columbia basin; Composition change; Fire; Livestock exclosure; Taxa turnover rate

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FIRES; FUNGI; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS; BROMUS TECTORUM; COLUMBIA; COMPOSITION CHANGES; LIVESTOCK EXCLOSURE; TURNOVER RATE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BRYOPHYTE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIRE; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LICHEN; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SOIL COVER; SOIL CRUST; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

COLUMBIA BASIN;

BROMUS TECTORUM; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 85013718798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21921709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2192-1709-2-5     Document Type: Article

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