Effects of moss biocrusts on near-surface soil moisture are underestimated in drylands: Insights from a heat-pulse soil moisture sensor

Agriculture & Biology

• biological soil crusts 100%
• arid lands 70%
• mosses and liverworts 64%
• sensors (equipment) 62%
• soil water 55%
• heat 36%
• dielectrics 18%
• soil 17%
• water budget 8%
• fog (meteorology) 6%
• rain 5%
• soil water balance 5%
• dew 5%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• moss 69%
• soil moisture 53%
• sensor 44%
• bare soil 29%
• effect 15%
• water budget 10%
• measuring 7%
• dew 5%