Soil nitrogen and climate drive the positive effect of biological soil crusts on soil organic carbon sequestration in drylands: A Meta-analysis

Large scale environmental drivers of biocrust distribution and development across a sandy desert in China

(2021) Meng-Chen Ju et al.   CATENA

Dynamics and characteristics of soil temperature and moisture of active layer in the central Tibetan Plateau

(2021) Lin Zhao et al.   GEODERMA

Dual community assembly processes in dryland biocrust communities

(2020) Santiago Soliveres et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Species‐specific effects of biocrust‐forming lichens on soil properties under simulated climate change are driven by functional traits

(2020) Laura Concostrina‐Zubiri et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Effects of disturbance to moss biocrusts on soil nutrients, enzyme activities, and microbial communities in degraded karst landscapes in southwest China

(2020) Cai Cheng et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Increased microbial growth, biomass and turnover drive soil organic carbon accumulation at higher plant diversity

(2019) Judith Prommer et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Biological crusts enhance fertility and texture of gold mine tailings

(2019) T. Nyenda et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Effects of plant diversity on soil carbon in diverse ecosystems: a global meta‐analysis

(2019) Xinli Chen et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Moss-dominated biological soil crusts modulate soil nitrogen following vegetation restoration in a subtropical karst region

(2019) Peilei Hu et al.   GEODERMA

Respiration rate of moss-dominated biocrusts and their relationships with temperature and moisture in a semiarid ecosystem

(2019) Xiaomeng Yao et al.   CATENA

Biocrust regulates the effects of water and temperature on soil microbial and nematode communities in a semiarid ecosystem

(2019) Pingting Guan et al.   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

Biocrusts benefit from plant removal

(2018) Eva Dettweiler-Robinson et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Climatic Sensitivity of Dryland Soil CO2 Fluxes Differs Dramatically with Biological Soil Crust Successional State

(2018) Colin L. Tucker et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Effects of Biological Soil Crusts on Enzyme Activities and Microbial Community in Soils of an Arid Ecosystem

(2018) Wahida Ghiloufi et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Effects of an Early Successional Biological Soil Crust from a Temperate Coastal Sand Dune (NE Germany) on Soil Elemental Stoichiometry and Phosphatase Activity

(2018) Iris Schaub et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Effects of biological soil crusts on some physicochemical characteristics of rangeland soils of Alagol, Turkmen Sahra, NE Iran

(2018) Jalil Kakeh et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Effects of rainfall manipulations on carbon exchange of cyanobacteria and moss-dominated biological soil crusts

(2018) Chunping Zhang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Soil CO 2 exchange controlled by the interaction of biocrust successional stage and environmental variables in two semiarid ecosystems

(2018) I. Miralles et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Biological soil crusts along a climatic gradient in Chile: Richness and imprints of phototrophic microorganisms in phosphorus biogeochemical cycling

(2018) Karen Baumann et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Nitrogen fixation and diurnal changes of photosynthetic activity in Arctic soil crusts at different development stage

(2017) Ekaterina Pushkareva et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY

Changes in soil moisture predict soil carbon losses upon rewetting in a perennial semiarid steppe in SE Spain

(2017) Ana Rey et al.   GEODERMA

Variations in cyanobacterial and algal communities and soil characteristics under biocrust development under similar environmental conditions

(2017) Yulin Zhang et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The biological activities of β-glucosidase, phosphatase and urease as soil quality indicators: a review

(2017) A.T. Adetunji et al.   Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Relationships between Soil Crust Development and Soil Properties in the Desert Region of North China

(2017) Jiping Niu et al.   Sustainability

Biocrust structure responds to soil variables along a tropical scrubland elevation gradient

(2016) Andrea P. Castillo-Monroy et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

The seasonal and successional variations of carbon release from biological soil crust-covered soil

(2016) Yang Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

UV-B radiation suppresses chlorophyll fluorescence, photosynthetic pigment and antioxidant systems of two key species in soil crusts from the Tengger Desert, China

(2015) Rong Hui et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Biocrusts modulate warming and rainfall exclusion effects on soil respiration in a semi-arid grassland

(2015) Cristina Escolar et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Effects of biological soil crusts on soil enzyme activities in revegetated areas of the Tengger Desert, China

(2014) Yanmei Liu et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Biological soil crusts influence carbon release responses following rainfall in a temperate desert, northern China

(2014) Yang Zhao et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Inferring the impact of rainfall gradient on biocrusts’ developmental stage and thus on soil physical structures in sand dunes

(2014) Eli Zaady et al.   Aeolian Research

Responses of microbial activities and soil physical-chemical properties to the successional process of biological soil crusts in the Gurbantunggut Desert, Xinjiang

(2014) BingChang Zhang et al.   Journal of Arid Land

Effects of artificially cultivated biological soil crusts on soil nutrients and biological activities in the Loess Plateau

(2014) YanMin Zhao et al.   Journal of Arid Land

Changes in biocrust cover drive carbon cycle responses to climate change in drylands

(2013) Fernando T. Maestre et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Soil C and N availability determine the priming effect: microbial N mining and stoichiometric decomposition theories

(2013) Ruirui Chen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Biological soil crust community types differ in key ecological functions

(2013) Nicole Pietrasiak et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Contribution of cryptogamic covers to the global cycles of carbon and nitrogen

(2012) Wolfgang Elbert et al.   Nature Geoscience

Warming and increased precipitation frequency on the Colorado Plateau: implications for biological soil crusts and soil processes

(2012) Tamara J. Zelikova et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Hydrolase enzyme activities in a successional gradient of biological soil crusts in arid and semi-arid zones

(2012) Isabel Miralles et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The advantage of growing on moss: facilitative effects on photosynthetic performance and growth in the cyanobacterial lichen Peltigera rufescens

(2011) Claudia Colesie et al.   OECOLOGIA

Carbon exchange in biological soil crust communities under differential temperatures and soil water contents: implications for global change

(2010) EDMUND E. GROTE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Extracellular polysaccharides from cyanobacterial soil crusts: A review of their role in dryland soil processes

(2010) D.M. Mager et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Variable selection using random forests

(2010) Robin Genuer et al.   PATTERN RECOGNITION LETTERS

Microalgal species variation at different successional stages in biological soil crusts of the Gurbantunggut Desert, Northwestern China

(2009) Bingchang Zhang et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Global change and biological soil crusts: effects of ultraviolet augmentation under altered precipitation regimes and nitrogen additions

(2008) JAYNE BELNAP et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Large annual net ecosystem CO2uptake of a Mojave Desert ecosystem

(2008) GEORG WOHLFAHRT et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY