Wind farm potential is higher in prime habitat for uncommon soil crust lichens

Ecological Processes

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-8

  Root, Heather T ^a   McCune, Myrica ^a   McCune, Bruce ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acarospora schleicheri; Agriculture; Biotic soil crust; Columbia river; Fuscopannaria cyanolepra; Land use; Rhizocarpon diploschistidina; Steppe; Texosporium sancti jacobi

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FUNGI; LAND USE; SOILS; TEXTURES; WIND POWER;

ACAROSPORA SCHLEICHERI; COLUMBIA RIVER; FUSCOPANNARIA CYANOLEPRA; RHIZOCARPON DIPLOSCHISTIDINA; SOIL CRUSTS; STEPPE; TEXOSPORIUM SANCTI-JACOBI;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LAND USE; LICHEN; PROBABILITY; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; STEPPE; UNCONSOLIDATED MEDIUM; WIND FARM;

COLUMBIA BASIN;

ACAROSPORA SCHLEICHERI; FUSCOPANNARIA; RHIZOCARPON; TEXOSPORIUM SANCTI-JACOBI;

EID: 85029098250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21921709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2192-1709-2-10     Document Type: Article

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