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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"biocrust"”.
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Experimental warming of subarctic biocrust: Temporal responses of soil respiration and plant community
Biological soil crust, biocrust, is a significant contributor to biogeochemical cycles through nitrogen and carbon cycling. Further, it stabilizes soil, facilitates water infiltration, and mitigates soil erosion. The global biocrust cover is believed to decrease by about 25-40% in the next 60 years …
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The relationship between invasive annual grasses and biological soil crust across Eastern Washington
… of invasion resistance is biological soil crust (biocrust), which has been shown to limit Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass) in arid regions. However, biocrust has been less studied in semiarid regions and its effects on other invasive annual grasses, such as Ventenata dubia, have never been studied. …
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A holistic approach to Mima mound prairie restoration
… by the presence of biological soil crust (biocrust), which is the moss, lichen, algae, and cyanobacteria growing on the soil. Biocrust has been shown to prevent seeds from establishing by creating a barrier between the seed and the soil but has only been tested in arid areas. Much of the …
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Multi-scale Studies of Microbial Mats and Biocrusts: Integrating Remote Sensing with Field Investigations in Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys
… microbial mats and biological soil crusts (i.e., biocrusts). Both microbial mats and biocrusts consist of cyanobacteria, moss, diatoms, and green algae, and also support diverse heterotrophic taxa. These communities exist in harsh environments worldwide such as hypersaline environments, tundra …
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Aðstoð við myndun lífrænnar jarðvegsskánar við endurheimt vistkerfa á Íslandi
Lífræn jarðvegsskán eða lífskurn (e. biocrust) er verið mikilvægur vistmeitill sem bætir virkni, stöðugleika og frjósemi jarðvegs og getur stuðlað að landnámi æðplantna. Hún getur því gengt mikilvægu hlutverki við baráttu gegn jarðvegseyðingu og endurheimt vistkerfa. Í þessari rannsókn var kannaður …