The CO<sub>2</sub> exchange of biological soil crusts in a semiarid grass-shrubland at the northern transition zone of the Negev desert, Israel
Biological soil crusts (BSC) contribute significantly to the soil surface cover in many dryland ecosystems. A mixed type of BSC, which consists of cyanobacteria, mosses and cyanolichens, constitutes more than 60% of ground cover in the semiarid grass-shrub steppe at Sayeret Shaked in the northern Ne...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2008-10-01
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| Series: | Biogeosciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/5/1411/2008/bg-5-1411-2008.pdf |