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

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-56

  Xiao, Bo ^a,b   Wang, Huifang ^b   Fan, Jun ^b   Fischer, Thomas ^c   Veste, Maik ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d CEBra Centre for Energy Technology Brandenburg eV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Desertification control; Ecological restoration; Hydrological function; Loess Plateau of China; Moss crust

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITY; BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; HYDROLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; LOESS PLATEAU OF CHINAS; MOSS CRUST; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS;

CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE;

TEMPERATURE;

CORRELATION; DESERT SOIL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL CRUST; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84880309353     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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