title: Functional ecology of cryptogams: scaling from bryophyte, lichen, and soil crust traits to ecosystem processes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, St Mary's College of Maryland, St Mary's City, MD, 20686, USA.
authors.forename: Kirsten K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Deane-Coe
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN, 55108, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stanton
mesh_terms: D044002:Bryophyta / Q000502:physiology*; D057486:Carbon Cycle; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D017753:Ecosystem; D008011:Lichens / Q000502:physiology*; D058458:Nitrogen Cycle; D012988:Soil Microbiology
keywords: carbon cycling; cyanobacteria; effect trait; moss; nitrogen cycling; primary production; response trait; trait database