LEADER 05082oam 22006855 450 001 9910253883103321 005 20240417140308.0 010 $a3-319-30214-0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-30214-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000685935 035 $a(EBL)4530823 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-30214-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4530823 035 $z(PPN)258849746 035 $a(PPN)194074544 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000685935 100 $a20160521d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBiological Soil Crusts: An Organizing Principle in Drylands /$fedited by Bettina Weber, Burkhard Büdel, Jayne Belnap 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (540 p.) 225 1 $aEcological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis,$x2196-971X ;$v226 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-319-30212-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes. 327 $aBiological 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. 330 $aThis volume summarizes our current understanding of biological soil crusts (biocrusts), which are omnipresent in dryland regions. 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