Biological soil crusts as an integral component of desert environments

Ecological Processes

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Belnap, Jayne ^a   Weber, Bettina ^b,c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; DESERT; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

EID: 85029042426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21921709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2192-1709-2-11     Document Type: Article

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