Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
Description: This cluster of papers explores the role of biological soil crusts, particularly focusing on cyanobacteria, in influencing carbon and nitrogen cycles, providing UV protection, exhibiting desiccation tolerance, contributing to microbial diversity, stabilizing soil, impacting hydrological processes, and influencing ecosystem functioning in the context of global change.
Characteristic keywords: biological soil crusts, soil algae, moss crusts, Nostocales, cyanobacterial taxonomy, Microcoleus vaginatus, soil cyanobacteria, cyanobacterial crusts, algal crusts, Oscillatoriales, Chroococcidiopsis, terrestrial cyanobacteria, Scytonema, lichen crusts, moss biocrusts, Microcoleus, biocrust restoration, Nostocaceae, soil microalgae, Gloeocapsa, hormogonia, Synechococcales, microbiotic crusts, Tabernas Desert, Syntrichia caninervis
Sibling topics: Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Climate change impacts on agriculture, Plant and animal studies, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution, Lichen and fungal ecology, Bryophyte Studies and Records, Fungal Plant Pathogen Control, Fossil Insects in Amber, Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny, Hemiptera Insect Studies, Fern and Epiphyte Biology, Study of Mite Species, Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics, Cephalopods and Marine Biology, Diptera species taxonomy and behavior, Vector-Borne Animal Diseases, Plant and fungal interactions, Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies, Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy, Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Botanical Research and Chemistry, Tardigrade Biology and Ecology, Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies, Agricultural Systems and Practices, Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies, Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science, Water management and technologies, Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean, Entomological Studies and Ecology, Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
Parent subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Domain: Life Sciences
OpenAlex ID: T12832