Habitat suitability of biocrust communities in a cold desert ecosystem

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Sarah N. Power, Valerie A. Thomas, Mark R. Salvatore, John E. Barrett
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2024
• Subjects: biocrust; carbon; dryland; habitat suitability; remote sensing; soil ecology; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Fryxell; Lake Fryxell; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11649; https://doaj.org/article/ccaa3fe9579f42b7916837b7b8d24b8b

Abstract Drylands are unique among terrestrial ecosystems in that they have a significant proportion of primary production facilitated by non‐vascular plants such as colonial cyanobacteria, moss, and lichens, i.e., biocrusts, which occur on and in the surface soil. Biocrusts inhabit all continents,...