Biocrust morphogroups provide an effective and rapid assessment tool for drylands

Life form and water source interact to determine active time and environment in cryptogams: an example from the maritime Antarctic

(2013) Mark Schlensog et al.   OECOLOGIA

Crust Composition and Disturbance Drive Infiltration Through Biological Soil Crusts in Semiarid Ecosystems

(2011) Sonia Chamizo et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Functional profiles reveal unique ecological roles of various biological soil crust organisms

(2011) Matthew A. Bowker et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Species richness effects on ecosystem multifunctionality depend on evenness, composition and spatial pattern

(2011) Fernando T. Maestre et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Surprisingly fast recovery of biological soil crusts following livestock removal in southern Australia

(2011) Cassia F. Read et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Abiotic effects predominate under prolonged livestock-induced disturbance

(2010) DAVID J. ELDRIDGE et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Potential nitrogen fixation activity of different aged biological soil crusts from rehabilitated grasslands of the hilly Loess Plateau, China

(2010) Y. Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Untangling the biological contributions to soil stability in semiarid shrublands

(2009) V. Bala Chaudhary et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Monitoring and evaluating the ecological integrity of forest ecosystems

(2009) Geraldine L Tierney et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

The effect of biological soil crusts of different successional stages and conditions on the germination of seeds of three desert plants

(2009) Y.-G. Su et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Biological soil crusts exhibit a dynamic response to seasonal rain and release from grazing with implications for soil stability

(2009) A. Jimenez Aguilar et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Community Assembly of Biological Soil Crusts of Different Successional Stages in a Temperate Sand Ecosystem, as Assessed by Direct Determination and Enrichment Techniques

(2009) Tanja Margrit Langhans et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Prioritizing Conservation Effort through the Use of Biological Soil Crusts as Ecosystem Function Indicators in an Arid Region

(2008) MATTHEW A. BOWKER et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

PHOTOSYNTHETIC SYMBIONTS AND ENERGY SUPPLY DETERMINE OCTOCORAL BIODIVERSITY IN CORAL REEFS

(2008) K. E. Fabricius et al.   ECOLOGY

Visually assessing the level of development and soil surface stability of cyanobacterially dominated biological soil crusts

(2008) J. Belnap et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Biological soil crust distribution is related to patterns of fragmentation and landuse in a dryland agricultural landscape of southern Australia

(2008) Cassia F. Read et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY