Biological Soil Crusts: An Organizing Principle in Drylands /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Weber, Bettina. (Editor ), Büdel, Burkhard. (Editor ), Belnap, Jayne. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 226
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.