The relationships between biocrusts andshrubs in semiarid areas, are of great importance, however, not yet sufficientlyinvestigated. It is unknown whether or not biocrusts will decrease soilmoisture and result in the degradation of artificially planted shrubs insemiarid climates. In a semiari ...
生物结皮领域的新书: Biological Soil Crusts: An Organizing Principle in Drylands Duringthe last decades, and probably at least partly triggered by the firstEcological Studies volume on this topic (volume 150), biological soil crusts(biocrusts) have quickly gained increasing interest fro ...
Biological soil crusts (BSCs) have been recognized as a vital influence factor to desert terrestrial ecosystems under semiarid climate. However, their effects on soil moisture and temperature, which play very important roles in many ecological and hydrological processes, have not yet been well und ...