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

Relationships between biological soil crusts, bacterial diversity and abundance, and ecosystem functioning: Insights from a semi-arid Mediterranean environment

(2011) Andrea P. Castillo-Monroy et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Interactive Effects of Three Ecosystem Engineers on Infiltration in a Semi-Arid Mediterranean Grassland

(2010) David J. Eldridge et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Soil respiration and net primary productivity in perennial grass and desert shrub ecosystems at the Ordos Plateau of Inner Mongolia, China

(2010) Z. Jin et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Reducing topsoil salinity and raising carbon stocks through afforestation in Khorezm, Uzbekistan

(2010) C. Hbirkou et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Distribution patterns of soil lichens across the principal biomes of southern Africa

(2010) L. Zedda et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Competition increases with abiotic stress and regulates the diversity of biological soil crusts

(2010) Matthew A. Bowker et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Do biotic interactions modulate ecosystem functioning along stress gradients? Insights from semi-arid plant and biological soil crust communities

(2010) F. T. Maestre et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Biological soil crusts modulate nitrogen availability in semi-arid ecosystems: insights from a Mediterranean grassland

(2010) Andrea P. Castillo-Monroy et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Sustaining multiple ecosystem functions in grassland communities requires higher biodiversity

(2010) E. S. Zavaleta et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Storage Effects on Biochemical Properties of Air-Dried Soil Samples from Southeastern Spain

(2009) Raúl Zornoza et al.   ARID LAND RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT

Untangling the biological contributions to soil stability in semiarid shrublands

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

Microarthropod communities associated with biological soil crusts in the Colorado Plateau and Chihuahuan deserts

(2009) D.A. Neher et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Using Phylogenetic, Functional and Trait Diversity to Understand Patterns of Plant Community Productivity

(2009) Marc W. Cadotte et al.   PLoS One

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

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

Dissociation and metal-binding characteristics of yellow lichen substances suggest a relationship with site preferences of lichens

(2008) Markus Hauck et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

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

A culture-independent study of free-living fungi in biological soil crusts of the Colorado Plateau: their diversity and relative contribution to microbial biomass

(2008) Scott T. Bates et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Translocation of nitrogen and carbon integrates biotic crust and grass production in desert grassland

(2008) Laura E. Green et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Are soil lichen communities structured by biotic interactions? A null model analysis

(2007) Fernando T. Maestre et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE