Biological Soil Crusts: An Organizing Principle in Drylands

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.

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• Ciência ecológica, a biosfera
• Conservação do ambiente
• Ciência agrícola
• Biogeografia

Algae;Arid areas;Erosion;Land use;Lichens;Mosses