Biological soil crusts decrease erodibility by modifying inherent soil properties on the Loess Plateau, China

Agriculture & Biology

• erodibility 100%
• biological soil crusts 92%
• loess 76%
• soil properties 60%
• plateaus 54%
• China 38%
• soil 27%
• soil organic matter 20%
• soil erosion 19%
• particle size distribution 12%
• mosses and liverworts 10%
• Erosion Productivity Impact Calculator 10%
• soil stabilization 8%
• land degradation 7%
• rainfall simulation 7%
• desertification 7%
• cropland 6%
• organic soils 6%
• arid zones 5%
• Cyanobacteria 4%
• grasslands 4%
• ecosystems 4%
• vegetation 4%
• biomass 3%
• testing 2%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• soil crust 80%
• erodibility 71%
• loess 56%
• soil property 52%
• plateau 44%
• soil organic matter 20%
• bare soil 18%
• soil 16%
• soil erosion 15%
• moss 11%
• loss 11%
• particle size 7%
• soil stabilization 7%
• land degradation 6%
• desertification 6%
• organic soil 5%
• semiarid region 5%
• particle 5%
• cyanobacterium 5%
• grassland 4%
• productivity 3%
• erosion 3%
• rainfall 3%
• biomass 3%
• vegetation 3%
• ecosystem 3%
• world 3%
• project 2%
• test 2%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Soil 65%
• China 48%
• Bryophyta 6%
• Particle Size 4%
• Grassland 3%
• Conservation of Natural Resources 2%
• Cyanobacteria 2%
• Biomass 2%
• Ecosystem 2%