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

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1158-1169

  Jimenez Aguilar, A ^a   Huber Sannwald, E ^a   Belnap, J ^b   Smart, D R ^c   Arredondo Moreno, J T ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^b US Geological Survey Moab   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BSC morphotypes; Erosion; Functional role; Grazing removal; Plant crust interaction; Seasonal changes

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GRAZING; LAND DEGRADATION; MORPHOTYPE; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL CRUST; SOIL STABILIZATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 69249209705     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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