NITROGEN CYCLING MEDIATED BY BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS AND ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI

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Biological soil crust development affects physicochemical characteristics of soil surface in semiarid ecosystems (2012, background): “N inputs occur through atmospheric deposition and N fixation (Hawkes, 2003), whereas N outputs occur through Nmineralization and subsequent gaseous losses by volatilization, nitrification, and denitrification (Evans and Lange, 2003).”
Biological soil crusts and their microenvironment: Impact on emergence, survival and establishment of seedlings (2009, background): “BSCs contribute to the nutrient content of soils by fixation of nitrogen (Belnap, 2002; Hawkes, 2003 )a nd accumulation of other chemical elements (Belnap and Harper, 1995; Harper and Pendleton, 1993; Jafari et al., 2004).”
Translocation of nitrogen and carbon integrates biotic crust and grass production in desert grassland (2008, background): “2003; Hawkes 2003).”
Diversity of free-living and lichenized fungal communities in biological soil crusts of the Sultanate of Oman and their role in improving soil properties (2013, background): “In aridland soils, fungi play a vital role in carbon and nitrogen cycling by their efficient ability to decompose carbon compounds, perform nitrification and denitrification and store nutrients intracellularly (Hawkes, 2003; Crenshaw et al., 2008; Hayatsu et al., 2008; Strauss et al., 2012).”