Biological Soil Crusts: An Organizing Principle in Drylands

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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This volume summarizes our currentunderstanding of biological soil crusts (biocrusts), which are omnipresent indryland regions. The authorsshow that biocrusts are an integral part of dryland ecosystems, stabilizingsoils, influencing plant germination and growth, and playing a key role incarbon, nitrogen and water cycling.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-05-30
Mått:155 x 235 x 29 mm
Vikt:940 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Ecological Studies
Antal sidor:549
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319807522

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Biological soil crusts as a critical zone of globalimportance.- How biological soil crusts became studied as a community.- Fossilcrusts.- Cyanobacteria and algae within biological soil crusts.- Fungi and bacteriawithin biological soil crusts.- Bryophytes within biological soil crusts.-Lichens within biological soil crusts.- Microfauna within biological soilcrusts.- Composition and structure of biological soil crusts.- Controls ondistribution patterns of biological soil crusts at the micro-, macro-, andglobal scale.- Hypolithic communities.- Remote sensing of biological soilcrusts at different scales.- Microstructure and weathering processes withinbiological soil crusts.- Patterns and controls on nitrogen cycling of biologicalsoil crusts.- Carbon budgets of biological soil crusts at micro- meso-, andglobal scales.- Biological soil crusts as soil stabilizers.- Effects ofbiological soil crusts on arid land hydrology.- Response of biological soilcrust organisms to light, temperature, and water conditions.- Interactions ofbiological soil crusts with vascular plants.- Biological soil crusts as model tostudy plant interactions and functional roles.- Effects of disturbance onbiological soil crusts.- Effects of climate change on biological soil crusts.- Naturalrecovery of biological soil crusts after disturbance.- Enhanced recovery ofbiological soil crusts after disturbance.- Synthesis on biological soil crustresearch.