Across the semi-arid, windswept areas of the American West, as well as in dry places around the world, biological soil crust clings to the soil in places where vascular plants, like trees and grasses ...
Many parts of Earth are covered and protected by a layer of organisms called a biocrust. The layer acts as a skin for the Earth, protecting landscapes and reducing long-term damage. But climate change ...
Orange bucket and pie server in hand, Jane Brady stopped. The ground inside Scottsdale's McDowell Sonoran Preserve was littered with bleached-out rocks, speckled with clusters of black dirt. "Look at ...
Think twice before stepping on that crunchy top layer of soil. It may be a vital ecosystem—one that you can help protect. By Jude Coleman / Knowable Magazine Published Sep 3, 2024 8:00 AM EDT This ...
In the high desert of Castle Valley outside of Moab, Utah, famous redrock spires and mesas tower against bright blue sky. Not everyone notices another set of strange formations stretching up from the ...
Biocrust in Utah Nihonjoe via Wikipedia under CC By-SA 3.0 Under the dry, piercing heat of the Utah sun, Sasha Reed is growing plots of plants—and bacteria, lichen and fungi, too. But Reed is no ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract 1. It is well-known that vascular plants have species-specific effects on soil properties. However, little is known on how individual species ...
Biocrusts play a crucial role in maintaining soil health and ecosystem sustainability, but they are currently under assault. Human activities including agriculture, urbanization, and off-road vehicle ...
Scott Ferrenberg, who earned his Ph.D. in biology from CU-Boulder, is shown near Moab, Utah, where he and CU alumna Sasha Reed conducted a groundbreaking study on biocrust. Photo courtesy of Scott ...
Aims Global climate change may greatly alter the structure and stability of drylands, creating an urgent need to recover their functions and services. Biological soil crust (biocrust), an interface ...
Biological soil crust, or biocrust, on dryland near Winnemucca, Nevada, on the Great Basin. The metal quadrat (a square meter) is used in surveying the functional groups of the biocrust and ...
On the Colorado Plateau, in the western United States, the vistas can stretch for miles, if not days. But while boundless panoramas get all the attention, one of the most remarkable assets of the ...
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