A field guide to biological soil crusts of western U.S. drylands: Common lichens and bryophytes

Authors

Roger Rosentreter
Matthew Bowker
Jayne Belnap

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Bureau of Land Management

First Page

1

Publisher

U.S. Government Printing Office, Denver, Colorado

Last Page

104

Publication Date

2007

Abstract

Biological soil crusts are the community of organisms living at the surface of desert soils. Major components are cyanobacteria, green algae, microfungi, mosses, liverworts and lichens.

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Rosentreter, R., Bowker, M., and Belnap, J., 2007, A field guide to biological soil crusts of western U.S. drylands: Common lichens and bryophytes, Denver, Colorado, U.S. Government Printing Office, 104 p.