Moss-biocrusts strongly decrease soil surface albedo, altering land-surface energy balance in a dryland ecosystem
Bo Xiao, Matthew A. Bowker
Topics & Concepts
Albedo (alchemy)Environmental scienceMossAtmospheric sciencesSoil thermal propertiesEnergy balanceWater contentBiological soil crustVegetation (pathology)Soil scienceSoil waterGeologyEcologyField capacityBiologyPerformance artPathologyArtMedicineGeotechnical engineeringArt historyBiocrusts and Microbial EcologyLichen and fungal ecologyAlgal biology and biofuel production