Biological soil crust rehabilitation in theory and practice: An underexploited opportunity

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• soil crust 87%
• rehabilitation 63%
• ecosystem 15%
• site rehabilitation 7%
• restoration 6%
• structural component 5%
• propagule 5%
• bryophyte 5%
• inoculation 4%
• lichen 4%
• soil erosion 4%
• stabilization 3%
• microbial community 3%
• trajectory 3%
• moisture 3%
• degradation 2%
• nutrient 2%
• speed 2%
• transition 2%
• resource 2%
• loss 2%
• monitoring 2%
• evaluation 2%
• modeling 1%
• method 0%

Agriculture & Biology

• biological soil crusts 100%
• ecosystems 16%
• ecosystem engineers 6%
• soil erosion 5%
• Bryophyta 4%
• methodology 4%
• trajectories 4%
• lichens 4%
• microbial communities 4%
• abiotic stress 3%
• monitoring 2%
• degradation 2%
• nutrients 2%