A simple classification of soil types as habitats of biological soil crusts on the Colorado Plateau, USA

Agriculture & Biology

• biological soil crusts 100%
• soil types 64%
• plateaus 58%
• taxonomy 47%
• gypsiferous soils 41%
• habitats 37%
• community structure 20%
• species richness 18%
• soil classification 17%
• soil 16%
• soil habitats 15%
• monuments 15%
• gypsum 13%
• edaphic factors 12%
• carbonates 12%
• limestone 12%
• sandy soils 11%
• indicator species 11%
• arid zones 11%
• lichens 11%
• soil properties 10%
• managers 10%
• mosses and liverworts 10%
• clay 10%
• Cyanobacteria 9%
• grazing 8%
• texture 8%
• protocols 7%
• monitoring 6%
• methodology 5%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• soil crust 87%
• soil type 60%
• plateau 48%
• habitat 40%
• soil surface 19%
• species richness 18%
• soil 18%
• community structure 18%
• species evenness 15%
• biological method 14%
• soil classification 13%
• monument 11%
• lichen 11%
• moss 11%
• arid region 11%
• sandy soil 11%
• swelling 10%
• gypsum 10%
• cyanobacterium 10%
• grazing 9%
• soil property 9%
• incorporation 9%
• protocol 8%
• limestone 8%
• texture 8%
• restoration 8%
• disturbance 7%
• carbonate 7%
• clay 7%
• indicator 6%
• land 6%
• monitoring 5%
• method 2%