Cryptogamic cover determines soil attributes and functioning in polar terrestrial ecosystems

• Published in: Science of The Total Environment
• Main Authors: Durán, Jorge, Rodríguez-Pereiras, Alexandra, Heidmarsson, Starri, Lehmann, Jan R.K., del Moral, Álvaro, Garrido-Benavent, Isaac, Ríos, Asunción de los
• Other Authors: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), European Commission, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portugal)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2021
• Subjects: Enzymatic activity; Soil functioning; Soil biodiversity; Polar ecosystems; Iceland; Antarctica; Bia; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/243276; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143169; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329

We still lack studies that provide evidence for direct links between the development of soil surface cryptogamic communities and soil attributes and functioning. This is particularly true in areas free of potentially confounding factors such as different soil types, land uses, or anthropogenic distu...