Rates of Lateral Expansion of Biological Soil Crusts

Rates of Lateral Expansion of Biological Soil Crusts

abstract: Biological soil crusts (biocrust) are photosynthetic communities of organisms forming in the top millimeters of unvegetated soil. Because soil crusts contribute several ecosystem services to the areas they inhabit, their loss under anthropogenic pressure has negative ecological consequence...

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Other Authors: Sorochkina, Kira (Author)
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Microbiology
Natural resource management
Conservation biology
biocrust establishment
community dispersal
land management
microbial colonization
pioneer cyanobacteria
restoration ecology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.44262

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http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.44262

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