Aims Biocrusts are globally distributed and important for sustaining critical ecosystem
functions. Little is known about their continental drivers and how smaller-scale microsite …

In times of global change, it is of fundamental importance to understand the sensitivity,
stability and resistivity of a landscape or ecosystem to human disturbance. Landscapes and …

Extensive ecological research has investigated extreme climate events or long‐term
changes in average climate variables, but changes in year‐to‐year (interannual) variability …

Air temperatures (Ta) are rising in a changing climate, increasing extreme temperature
events. Examining how Ta increases are influencing extreme temperatures at the soil …

Rainfall patterns in arid and semi-arid regions are characterized by a reduction in rainfall
frequency. However, under this novel climatic condition, potential changes in soil nematode …

The presence of biocrusts changes water infiltration in the Mu Us Desert. Knowledge of the
hydraulic properties of biocrusts and parameterization of soil hydraulic properties are …

Biocrusts occupy soil surface, house key microbes, and further provide other vital ecological
functions in oligotrophic drylands. Exploring the impacts of trampled biocrusts on microbial …

The biocrust occurrence and its disturbance alters infiltration in the Mu Us Desert.
Knowledge of the hydrological properties of biocrusts and parameterization of soil hydraulic …

Purpose The objective of this research was to examine the influence of olive kernel biochar
on silty clay soil that is susceptible to erosion. The hypothesis proposed that the …

Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are key contributors to desert ecosystem functions,
therefore, biocrust restoration following mechanical disturbances is imperative. In the Negev …