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Biological Soil Crusts: An Organizing Principle in Drylands

This volume summarizes our current understanding of biological soil crusts (biocrusts), which are omnipresent in dryland regions. Since they cover the soil surface, they influence, or even control, all surface exchange processes. Being one of the oldest terrestrial communities, biocrusts comprise a...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Weber, Bettina. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Büdel, Burkhard. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Belnap, Jayne. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 226
Subjects:
Conservation biology.
Ecology .
Soil science.
Soil conservation.
Geobiology.
Conservation Biology/Ecology.
Soil Science & Conservation.
Biogeosciences.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30214-0

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