Biological soil crusts (BSCs), composed of lichens, cyanobacteria, mosses, liverworts and
microorganisms, are key biotic components of arid and semi-arid ecosystems worldwide …

The southeast of the Iberian Peninsula, more precisely, the province of Almería, has the
most important gypsum quarries in Spain. Despite the severe environmental impact of these …

Given that gypsum outcrops are intensively exploited worldwide, investigations concerning
aspects of plant community dynamics and their relationship to changes in soil properties is …

Within the EU territory, gypsum habitats with a peculiar flora are exclusively restricted to the
eastern half of the Iberian Peninsula. The Habitats Directive considers the scrublands …

After studying the bryophyte and lichen flora of the gypsiferous outcrops of SE Spain, it is
becoming clear that these sites are important as a refuge for rare, vulnerable and …

Methods Generally the sigmatist method (Braun-Blanquet 1979) was used for the survey.
However, in the case of bryo phytes, the sociability index was not employed, since it was …

In a survey to evaluate the potential of lichens associated with gypsum areas as sources of
new antifungal metabolites, six species of lichens were collected in the gypsum outcrops of …

Berg, C., Schwager, P., pöltl, m. & Dengler, J. 2016. Plot sizes used for phytosociological
sampling of bryophyte and lichen micro-communities.—Herzogia 29: 654–667. To study the …

From an ecological point of view, gypsum outcrops and their corresponding vegetation are
not yet fully understood. Most of the studies have concentrated on merely describing these …

Gypsum soils, despite physico-chemical constraints, harbor a unique biota composed of
specialist (gypsophiles) and stress-tolerant non-specialist species (gypsovags). Gypsophily …