Large scale environmental drivers of biocrust distribution and development across a sandy desert in China
Mengchen Ju, Tinglong Zhang, Xinkai Li, Bingyin Li, Yi‐Ping Li, Qiu-Yu Liu, Qingxuan Wang, Chongfeng Bu
Topics & Concepts
AridEnvironmental scienceBiological soil crustMossVegetation (pathology)ShrubEcosystemDisturbance (geology)Biomass (ecology)Soil carbonSoil waterHydrology (agriculture)Physical geographyEcologySoil scienceGeographyGeologyGeomorphologyBiologyMedicineGeotechnical engineeringPathologyBiocrusts and Microbial EcologyLichen and fungal ecologyAquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics