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biological soil crusts

Scope: community ecology
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Knowledge graph centered on biological soil crusts with 18 nodes and 63 connections. Top connected: not mentioned, Atriplex canescens, not specified, native species, Pinus contorta.

Definition

Communities of cyanobacteria, lichens, and mosses that live on soil surfaces and contribute to soil stability and fertility

Related Terms (1)

soil crusts

Publications (1)

article

Road impacts on the Baca National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado, with emphasis on effects to surface- and shallow ground-water hydrology - A literature review

2007Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing Worldreferenced

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Frequently Associated Species

Pinus contorta

Pinaceae1 paper

Sphagnum

Sphagnaceae1 paper

Atriplex canescens

not mentioned1 paper

native species

1 paper

fish and wildlife

1 paper

not specified

not specified1 paper

not mentioned

not mentioned1 paper