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Biological Soil Crusts: An Organizing Principle in Drylands

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    Chapter 1 Biological Soil Crusts as an Organizing Principle in Drylands
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    Chapter 2 How Biological Soil Crusts Became Recognized as a Functional Unit: A Selective History
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    Chapter 3 Terrestrial Ecosystems in the Precambrian
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    Chapter 4 Cyanobacteria and Algae of Biological Soil Crusts
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    Chapter 5 Bacteria and Non-lichenized Fungi Within Biological Soil Crusts
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    Chapter 6 Bryophytes Within Biological Soil Crusts
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    Chapter 7 Structure, Composition, and Function of Biocrust Lichen Communities
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    Chapter 8 Microfauna Within Biological Soil Crusts
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    Chapter 9 Composition and Macrostructure of Biological Soil Crusts
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    Chapter 10 Controls on Distribution Patterns of Biological Soil Crusts at Micro- to Global Scales
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    Chapter 11 Hypolithic Communities
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    Chapter 12 Remote Sensing of Biological Soil Crusts at Different Scales
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    Chapter 13 Microstructure and Weathering Processes Within Biological Soil Crusts
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    Chapter 14 Patterns and Controls on Nitrogen Cycling of Biological Soil Crusts
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    Chapter 15 Carbon Budgets of Biological Soil Crusts at Micro-, Meso-, and Global Scales
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    Chapter 16 Biological Soil Crusts as Soil Stabilizers
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    Chapter 17 The Role of Biocrusts in Arid Land Hydrology
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    Chapter 18 Physiology of Photosynthetic Organisms Within Biological Soil Crusts: Their Adaptation, Flexibility, and Plasticity
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    Chapter 19 Interactions of Biological Soil Crusts with Vascular Plants
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    Chapter 20 Biological Soil Crusts as a Model System in Ecology
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    Chapter 21 Effects of Local-Scale Disturbance on Biocrusts
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    Chapter 22 Biocrusts in the Context of Global Change
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    Chapter 23 Natural Recovery of Biological Soil Crusts After Disturbance
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    Chapter 24 Enhanced Recovery of Biological Soil Crusts After Disturbance
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    Chapter 25 Synthesis on Biological Soil Crust Research
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Chapter title
How Biological Soil Crusts Became Recognized as a Functional Unit: A Selective History
Chapter number 2
Book title
Biological Soil Crusts: An Organizing Principle in Drylands
Published by
Springer International Publishing, May 2016
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-30214-0_2
Book ISBNs
978-3-31-930212-6, 978-3-31-930214-0
Authors

Otto L. Lange, Jayne Belnap, Bettina Weber, Burkhard Büdel, Lange, Otto L., Belnap, Jayne

Editors

Bettina Weber, Burkhard Büdel, Jayne Belnap

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 3%
Unknown 30 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 8 26%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 16%
Student > Bachelor 5 16%
Professor > Associate Professor 3 10%
Researcher 2 6%
Other 6 19%
Unknown 2 6%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Environmental Science 12 39%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 39%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 6%
Unspecified 1 3%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 1 3%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 2 6%