Concepedia

Effects of Biological Soil Crusts on Seed Bank, Germination and Establishment of Two Annual Plant Species in the Tengger Desert (N China)

Xinrong Li, Xiaohong Jia, Stefan Zerbe

Plant and Soil · 2005 · 154 citations · 30 references

Concepts

AgriculturePlant SciencesSoil SciencesSeed ScienceSoil BiologySoil ScienceDesert EcologyDesertificationSeed Bank EcologySeed EcologySeed PhysiologyDesert Plant EcologyDesert Soil CrustsDesert Soil EcologyDesert Vegetation DynamicsGermination Response To Soil DisturbanceSeedling Emergence ImpactsSoil Biological FertilitySoil Seed Banks

References

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Biological Soil Crusts: Structure, Function, and Management

Darwyn Coxson · The Bryologist · 2002 · 495 citations

Agriculture, Earth Sciences, Soil Sciences +12

Nitrogen fixation in biological soil crusts from southeast Utah, USA

Jayne Belnap · Biology and Fertility of Soils · 2002 · 438 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Earth Sciences, Soil Sciences +16

Ecology of Desert Systems

D. Coleman · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment · 2003 · 386 citations

Life Sciences, Ecology, Ecosystem Ecology +10

Strategies of seed dispersal and germination in plants inhabiting deserts

Yitzchak Gutterman · The Botanical Review · 1994 · 298 citations

Agriculture, Plant Biology, Plant Sciences +12

CRYPTOGAMIC CRUSTS OF SEMIARID AND ARID LANDS OF NORTH AMERICA

Jeffrey R. Johansen · Journal of Phycology · 1993 · 297 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geomorphology +6