Biological Crust Diversity Related to Elevation and Soil Properties at Local Scale in a Montane Scrub of Ecuador

The montane shrublands of southern Ecuador represent one of the least studied ecosystems, which in the last decade have been seriously threatened by increasing wildfires, deforestation, overgrazing, and conversion to forest plantations. Our main objective was to determine, at the local scale, the di...

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Main Authors: Leslye Ruiz, Vinicio Carrión-Paladines, Marlon Vega, Fausto López, Ángel Benítez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-03-01
Series:Journal of Fungi
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2309-608X/9/3/386