Vascular plant communities and biocrusts act as controlling factors in mitigating soil erosion on the Great Wall in a semi-humid area of Northwestern China
Yanping Liu, Rongliang Jia, Wanfu Wang, Yuchen Wan, Yanhong Gao, Hongtao Zhan, Jing Ren, Zhang Chen, Fei Qiu, Jing Zhu
Topics & Concepts
Vascular plantSpecies richnessErosionMossEnvironmental scienceBiodiversityPlant communityHabitatEcologyGeologyBiologyGeomorphologyBiocrusts and Microbial EcologySoil erosion and sediment transportAeolian processes and effects