Neglected but Potent Dry Forest Players: Ecological Role and Ecosystem Service Provision of Biological Soil Crusts in the Human-Modified Caatinga

Neglected but Potent Dry Forest Players: Ecological Role and Ecosystem Service Provision of Biological Soil Crusts in the Human-Modified Caatinga

Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) have been recognized as key ecological players in arid and semiarid regions at both local and global scales. They are important biodiversity components, provide critical ecosystem services, and strongly influence soil-plant relationships, and successional trajector...

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Main Authors: Michelle Szyja, Artur Gonçalves de Souza Menezes, Flávia D. A. Oliveira, Inara Leal, Marcelo Tabarelli, Burkhard Büdel, Rainer Wirth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
biological soil crusts
Caatinga
dry forest
exotic goats
human disturbances
soil organic carbon
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2019.00482/full

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