Biocrusts Influence Vascular Plant Community Development, Promoting Native Plant Dominance

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• soil crust 87%
• community development 81%
• vascular plant 73%
• plant community 62%
• seeding 24%
• mesocosm 16%
• native species 15%
• restoration 10%
• soil biota 9%
• biomass 8%
• fecundity 8%
• lichen 7%
• moss 7%
• invasive species 7%
• ecosystem function 7%
• effect 6%
• community composition 6%
• biota 6%
• growing season 6%
• soil surface 6%
• seed 6%
• species richness 6%
• irrigation 5%
• moisture 5%
• attribute 5%
• water 4%
• ecosystem 4%
• detection 4%
• soil 3%

Agriculture & Biology

• biological soil crusts 100%
• community development 90%
• vascular plants 67%
• plant communities 62%
• phytomass 11%
• indigenous species 9%
• sowing 9%
• direct seeding 7%
• irrigated conditions 7%
• soil biota 7%
• ecological function 6%
• lichens 6%
• soil 5%
• invasive species 5%
• mosses and liverworts 5%
• species recruitment 5%
• fecundity 5%
• species richness 5%
• water 4%
• growing season 4%
• irrigation 4%
• ecosystems 4%
• organisms 3%
• seeds 3%