Guan H. & Liu X.
(2019):
Do biocrust successional stage determine the degradation of vascular vegetation via alterations in its hydrological roles in semi-arid ecosystem?,
Ecohydrology,
12(3): e2075
Biocrusts may influence soil moisture by changing soil hydrological properties and thus affect the growth of vascular vegetation. However, their effects on soil moisture and vascular vegetation have not been sufficiently evaluated. In this study, five treatments, including bare land with sporadic cyanobacterial biocrusts (BL), lichen-dominated biocrusts, Artemisia ordosica (AO), A. ordosica with moss biocrusts, and old-aged A. ordosica with moss biocrusts (OAMB), were established to evaluate the …
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