Germination and seedling establishment of two annual grasses on lichen-dominated biological soil crusts

By Lynell Deines, R. Rosentreter, D. Eldridge, M. Serpe. Plant and Soil, 2007

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Environmental Chemistry

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Towards a predictive framework for biocrust mediation of plant performance: A meta‐analysis (2019, background): “This negative effect is consistent with past reports that biocrusts pose greater inhibition to non-native versus native seeds (Deines et al., 2007; Hernandez & Sandquist, 2011; Song, Li, & Hui, 2017) and may be partially explained by physical interactions between nonnative seed morphological traits…”
Moss-dominated biocrusts increase soil microbial abundance and community diversity and improve soil fertility in semi-arid climates on the Loess Plateau of China (2017, background): “Although the negative effects of biocrusts have been reported several times (for example, they smooth the soil surface and prevent plant seeds from penetrating the soil (Deines et al., 2007; Su et al., 2007; Langhans et al., 2009)), many studies have confirmed that biocrusts mostly perform positive ”
Biocrusts enhance soil fertility and Bromus tectorum growth, and interact with warming to influence germination (2018, background): “At the same time, Serpe et al. (2006) and Deines et al. (2007) found that different moss and lichen species can either increase, or decrease B. tectorum performance compared to bare soil controls.”
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): “Bromus tectorum and Vulpia microstachys) was lower in soils covered with lichen-dominated crusts than in bare soils (Deines et al., 2007).”