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Biological soil crust community types differ in key ecological functions

Nicole Pietrasiak, John U. Regus, Jeffrey R. Johansen, David Lam, Joel L. Sachs, Louis S. Santiago

Soil Biology and Biochemistry · 2013 · 116 citations · 24 references

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Life SciencesEcologySoil SciencesSoil BiologySoil EcologySoil SciencePlant-soil InteractionsRhizosphere EcologySoil - Vegetation InteractionsSoil BiodiversitySoil CompositionSoil Fauna EcologySoil Biota DiversitySoil Community DynamicsSoil Crust CoverSoil Microbial Community CompositionSoil Microbial Community Structure

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Natural Sciences, Computer Science, Statistical Computing +10

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

Microbiotic Crusts and Ecosystem Processes

R. D. Evans, Jeffrey R. Johansen · Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences · 1999 · 364 citations

Agriculture, Ecology, Soil Sciences +17

MICROENVIRONMENTS AND MICROSCALE PRODUCTIVITY OF CYANOBACTERIAL DESERT CRUSTS<sup>1</sup>

Ferrán García‐Pichel, Jayne Belnap · Journal of Phycology · 1996 · 346 citations

Life Sciences, Ecology, Microbiology +17

Carbon and nitrogen fixation differ between successional stages of biological soil crusts in the Colorado Plateau and Chihuahuan Desert

David C. Housman, Heath Powers, Adam Collins et al. · Journal of Arid Environments · 2006 · 315 citations

Agriculture, Ecology, Soil Sciences +16