Microbial ecology of hot desert edaphic systems
TP Makhalanyane, A Valverde… - FEMS microbiology …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
A significant proportion of the Earth's surface is desert or in the process of desertification.
The extreme environmental conditions that characterize these areas result in a surface that …
The extreme environmental conditions that characterize these areas result in a surface that …
Climate change and physical disturbance cause similar community shifts in biological soil crusts
S Ferrenberg, SC Reed… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Biological soil crusts (biocrusts)—communities of mosses, lichens, cyanobacteria, and
heterotrophs living at the soil surface—are fundamental components of drylands worldwide …
heterotrophs living at the soil surface—are fundamental components of drylands worldwide …
Biocrusts reduce surface soil infiltrability and impede soil water infiltration under tension and ponding conditions in dryland ecosystem
Biocrust effects on soil water infiltration and hydropedological processes have attracted
increasing attention in dryland ecosystems, but are nevertheless subjected to great …
increasing attention in dryland ecosystems, but are nevertheless subjected to great …
Towards moss biocrust effects on surface soil water holding capacity: Soil water retention curve analysis and modeling
As ecosystem engineers in drylands, biocrusts possibly generate great influences on
surface soil water holding capacity and availability, but these effects have not yet been …
surface soil water holding capacity and availability, but these effects have not yet been …
Biological soil crust microsites are the main contributor to soil respiration in a semiarid ecosystem
Biological soil crusts (BSCs) are a key biotic component of dryland ecosystems worldwide.
However, most studies carried out to date on carbon (C) fluxes in these ecosystems, such as …
However, most studies carried out to date on carbon (C) fluxes in these ecosystems, such as …
Warming reduces the growth and diversity of biological soil crusts in a semi-arid environment: implications for ecosystem structure and functioning
C Escolar, I Martínez, MA Bowker… - … Transactions of the …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Biological soil crusts (BSCs) are key biotic components of dryland ecosystems worldwide
that control many functional processes, including carbon and nitrogen cycling, soil …
that control many functional processes, including carbon and nitrogen cycling, soil …
[HTML][HTML] La costra biológica del suelo: Avances recientes en el conocimiento de su estructura y función ecológica
AP Castillo-Monroy, FT Maestre - Revista chilena de historia natural, 2011 - SciELO Chile
La costra biológica del suelo (CBS) es una comunidad biótica formada por la íntima
asociación entre partículas de suelo, cianobacterias, algas, hongos, líquenes, hepáticas y …
asociación entre partículas de suelo, cianobacterias, algas, hongos, líquenes, hepáticas y …
Moss-dominated biocrusts increase soil microbial abundance and community diversity and improve soil fertility in semi-arid climates on the Loess Plateau of China
Various ecological functions of biocrusts are mostly determined by their bacterial and fungal
abundance and community diversity, which has not yet been fully investigated. To provide …
abundance and community diversity, which has not yet been fully investigated. To provide …
Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) as a model system in community, landscape and ecosystem ecology
Abstract Model systems have had a profound influence on the development of ecological
theory and general principles. Compared to alternatives, the most effective models share …
theory and general principles. Compared to alternatives, the most effective models share …
[HTML][HTML] Improved appreciation of the functioning and importance of biological soil crusts in Europe: the Soil Crust International Project (SCIN)
Here we report details of the European research initiative “S oil C rust In ternational”(SCIN)
focusing on the biodiversity of biological soil crusts (BSC, composed of bacteria, algae …
focusing on the biodiversity of biological soil crusts (BSC, composed of bacteria, algae …