Components and Predictors of Biological Soil Crusts Vary at the Regional vs. Plant Community Scales
Although biological soil crusts (biocrusts) occur globally in arid and semi-arid environments, most of our knowledge of biocrust cover and ecology is from a relatively small number of locations worldwide. Some plant communities are known to have high cover of biocrusts, but the abundance of biocrust...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2020-01-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2019.00449/full |