Grazing or Not Grazing: Implications for Ecosystem Services Provided by Biocrusts in Mediterranean Cork Oak Woodlands

Ecosystem structure, function, and composition in rangelands are negatively affected by livestock grazing

(2016) David J. Eldridge et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Species identity of biocrust-forming lichens drives the response of soil nitrogen cycle to altered precipitation frequency and nitrogen amendment

(2016) Yu-Rong Liu et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Wood-pastures of Europe: Geographic coverage, social–ecological values, conservation management, and policy implications

(2015) Tobias Plieninger et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Comparative Assessment of Goods and Services Provided by Grazing Regulation and Reforestation in Degraded Mediterranean Rangelands

(2015) Vasilios P. Papanastasis et al.   LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT

Biocrust-forming mosses mitigate the negative impacts of increasing aridity on ecosystem multifunctionality in drylands

(2015) Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Biotic communities cannot mitigate the negative effects of grazing on multiple ecosystem functions and services in an arid shrubland

(2015) Jing Zhang et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Climate change and physical disturbance cause similar community shifts in biological soil crusts

(2015) Scott Ferrenberg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Analyses of dryland biological soil crusts highlight lichens as an important regulator of microbial communities

(2014) Stefanie Maier et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Biological soil crusts across disturbance–recovery scenarios: effect of grazing regime on community dynamics

(2014) L. Concostrina-Zubiri et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Biocrust morphogroups provide an effective and rapid assessment tool for drylands

(2014) Cassia F. Read et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Grazing effects on biological soil crusts and their interaction with shrubs and grasses in an arid rangeland

(2014) Solana Tabeni et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Biological soil crusts decrease soil temperature in summer and increase soil temperature in winter in semiarid environment

(2013) Bo Xiao et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

The role of biological soil crusts in soil moisture dynamics in two semiarid ecosystems with contrasting soil textures

(2013) Sonia Chamizo et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Biological soil crusts greatly contribute to small-scale soil heterogeneity along a grazing gradient

(2013) L. Concostrina-Zubiri et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The effect of biocrusts on evaporation from sand dunes in the Negev Desert

(2012) Giora J. Kidron et al.   GEODERMA

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

(2012) Wolfgang Elbert et al.   Nature Geoscience

Biological and microbial activity in biological soil crusts from the Tabernas desert, a sub-arid zone in SE Spain

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

Biological soil crust recovery after long-term grazing exclusion in the Monte Desert (Argentina). Changes in coverage, spatial distribution, and soil nitrogen

(2011) Diana A. Gómez et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Effects of management options on mammal richness in a Mediterranean agro-silvo-pastoral system

(2011) Paula Gonçalves et al.   AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS

Soil water repellency in rangelands of Extremadura (Spain) and its relationship with land management

(2011) S. Schnabel et al.   CATENA

Lichen functional groups as ecological indicators of the effects of land-use in Mediterranean ecosystems

(2011) P. Pinho et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Using lichen functional diversity to assess the effects of atmospheric ammonia in Mediterranean woodlands

(2011) Pedro Pinho et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Ecology and functional roles of biological soil crusts in semi-arid ecosystems of Spain

(2011) F.T. Maestre et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Spatial distribution and physiology of biological soil crusts from semi-arid central Spain are related to soil chemistry and shrub cover

(2011) Raúl Ochoa-Hueso et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Geobotanical survey of wood-pasture habitats in Europe: diversity, threats and conservation

(2010) Erwin Bergmeier et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Towards an assessment of multiple ecosystem processes and services via functional traits

(2010) Francesco de Bello et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Untangling the biological contributions to soil stability in semiarid shrublands

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

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

Biological crusts as a model system for examining the biodiversity–ecosystem function relationship in soils

(2009) Matthew A. Bowker et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Biological soil crusts and their microenvironment: Impact on emergence, survival and establishment of seedlings

(2008) Tanja Margrit Langhans et al.   FLORA

No allelopathic effect of the dominant forest-floor lichenCladonia stellarison pine seedlings

(2008) Minna-Maarit Kytöviita et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Grazing and drought reduce cyanobacterial soil crusts in an Australian Acacia woodland

(2008) Wendy J. Williams et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS