Nonvascular photoautotrophs (NVP), including bryophytes, lichens, terrestrial algae, and
cyanobacteria, are increasingly recognized as being essential to ecosystem functioning in …

Lichens are one of the most iconic and ubiquitous symbioses known, widely valued as
indicators of environmental quality and, more recently, climate change. Our understanding of …

Biological soil crusts (biocrusts), comprised of mosses, lichens, and cyanobacteria, are key
components to many dryland communities. Climate change and other anthropogenic …

Predicting urban water demand is important in rationalizing water allocation and building
smart cities. Influenced by multifarious factors, water demand is with high-frequency noise …

Noise and environmental problems are significant issues that affect human beings through
the triggering of various stressors, including biological, chemical, physical, and …

A significant fraction of Earth's ecosystems undergoes periodic wet‐dry alternating
transitional states. These globally distributed water‐driven transitional ecosystems, such as …

Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) can thrive under environmental conditions that are stressful
for vascular plants such as high temperatures and/or extremely low moisture availability. In …

It is commonly believed that nonrainfall water (NRW) serves as an important and even a
central source of water for biocrusts in arid and semiarid regions. Known also as biological …

The term 'succession'was first proposed to describe the gradual development of plants from
an initial stage such as a bare ground to a well‐developed plant community, which at its …

Being poikilohydric, lichens are inherently exposed to alternating desiccation and hydration
cycles. They can exhibit extraordinary resistance to extreme temperatures in a dehydrated …