Temporal and abiotic fluctuations may be preventing successful rehabilitation of soil-stabilizing biocrust communities

Agriculture & Biology

• biological soil crusts 100%
• rehabilitation (people) 86%
• soil 32%
• soil erosion 29%
• arid lands 26%
• monuments 23%
• vascular plants 16%
• inoculum 13%
• sowing 13%
• overland flow 12%
• soil stabilization 12%
• land degradation 11%
• slash 10%
• resistance to penetration 10%
• surface roughness 10%
• soil biota 9%
• soil nutrients 8%
• woodlands 8%
• soil fertility 7%
• researchers 6%
• ecosystems 6%
• vegetation 6%
• greenhouses 5%
• summer 5%
• degradation 4%
• nutrients 4%
• methodology 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• soil crust 87%
• rehabilitation 63%
• soil 27%
• soil erosion 25%
• erosion 25%
• vascular plant 21%
• seeding 20%
• monument 20%
• soil stability 13%
• soil stabilization 12%
• overland flow 10%
• land degradation 10%
• soil nutrient 10%
• soil fertility 9%
• surface roughness 9%
• woodland 8%
• soil surface 8%
• monsoon 7%
• penetration 7%
• disturbance 6%
• productivity 6%
• organism 6%
• degradation 6%
• nutrient 6%
• vegetation 5%
• ecosystem 5%
• summer 5%
• need 4%
• loss 4%
• effect 2%