A realized facilitation cascade mediated by biological soil crusts in a sagebrush steppe community

Abstract Biological soil crusts can have strong effects on vascular plant communities which have been inferred from short-term germination and early establishment responses. However, biocrusts are often assumed to function as an “organizing principle” in communities because their effects can “cascad...

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Main Authors: Wendy M. Ridenour, C. J. Lortie, Ragan M. Callaway
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31967-0