Biological Soil Crusts: An Organizing Principle in Drylands /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2016.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2016. |
| Series: | Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis,
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Table of Contents:
- Biological soil crusts as a critical zone of global importance
- How biological soil crusts became studied as a community
- Fossil crusts
- Cyanobacteria and algae within biological soil crusts
- Fungi and bacteria within biological soil crusts
- Bryophytes within biological soil crusts
- Lichens within biological soil crusts
- Microfauna within biological soil crusts
- Composition and structure of biological soil crusts
- Controls on distribution patterns of biological soil crusts at the micro-, macro-, and global scale
- Hypolithic communities
- Remote sensing of biological soil crusts at different scales
- Microstructure and weathering processes within biological soil crusts
- Patterns and controls on nitrogen cycling of biological soil crusts
- Carbon budgets of biological soil crusts at micro- meso-, and global scales
- Biological soil crusts as soil stabilizers
- Effects of biological soil crusts on arid land hydrology
- Response of biological soil crust organisms to light, temperature, and water conditions
- Interactions of biological soil crusts with vascular plants
- Biological soil crusts as model to study plant interactions and functional roles
- Effects of disturbance on biological soil crusts
- Effects of climate change on biological soil crusts
- Natural recovery of biological soil crusts after disturbance
- Enhanced recovery of biological soil crusts after disturbance
- Synthesis on biological soil crust research.