Do vehicle track disturbances affect the productivity of soil-growing lichens in a fog desert?
The re-establishment of soil-crust lichens following disturbances may be enhanced or discouraged by human-altered microtopographies. This research asks whether such microtopographic changes alter microclimates significantly, and whether changes affect metabolically active periods of recolonizing lichens. Keywords: biological soil crust, chlorophyll a fluorescence, Namib Desert, photosynthesis.
Functional Ecology
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