Biological soil crusts (BSCs) are complex consortia of microorganisms able to modify soil
physical, chemical, and hydrological characteristics and influence soil erosion resistance …

The capture and use of water are critically important in drylands, which collectively constitute
Earth's largest biome. Drylands will likely experience lower and more unreliable rainfall as …

Global biodiversity is threatened by unprecedented and increasing anthropogenic
pressures, including habitat loss and fragmentation. LiDAR can become a decisive …

Cyanobacterial inoculation can accelerate the formation of induced biological soil crusts
(IBSCs) and is suggested as an effective strategy for desertification reversal. However …

Links between water and carbon (C) cycles in drylands are strongly regulated by biocrusts.
These widespread communities in the intershrub spaces of drylands are able to use non …

Aims Biocrusts, the living skin of dryland ecosystems, contain diverse soil microorganisms
that are essential to biocrust formation and the maintenance of multiple ecological functions …

Runoff components are the most important factors in explaining the hydrological behaviour
of a system. So that the proper understanding of the runoff processes may effectively help …

The ranges of many species globally have already shifted to maintain climatic equilibrium in
the face of climate change. Biocrusts—soil surface dwelling communities of lichens …

Microcoleus vaginatus has been regarded as the important contributor for biocrust formation
and ecological services. However, little is known about its living forms in biocrusts, and …

Badlands are landforms that occur all over the World. In the Mediterranean region, badlands
are found in both dry (arid and semi‐arid) and wet (subhumid and humid) environments, and …