Human-driven global change is causing ongoing declines in biodiversity worldwide. In order
to address these declines, decision-makers need accurate assessments of the status of and …

A general understanding of grazing effects on plant diversity in drylands is still missing,
despite an extensive theoretical background. Cross‐biome syntheses are hindered by the …

Recently, there have been controversial discussions regarding the decline in the number of
taxonomists as the main bottleneck for the discovery and complete assessment of global …

Members of the genus Klebsormidium have cosmopolitan distribution and occur in a very
wide range of freshwater and terrestrial habitats. Due to its simple filamentous morphology …

Biological soil crusts (BSCs) are communities of cryptogamic organisms, occurring in arid
and semiarid regions all over the world. Based on both morphological identification and …

Biocrusts covering drylands account for major fractions of terrestrial biological nitrogen
fixation and release large amounts of gaseous reactive nitrogen (Nr) as nitrous acid (HONO) …

Aims To survey the occurrence of nodulated legumes in the arid and semi-arid areas of
Western Rajasthan and to characterize their associated symbiotic bacteria. Methods …

Rangelands offer various goods and ecosystem services (ES) besides providing forage for
commercial livestock production. An analysis of research published in the journals of the …

This article offers a review of published knowledge and a new state-of-the-art analysis
regarding the floristic composition, the functional composition and the plant communities …

Dry tropical woodlands are the characteristic natural vegetation type of southeast Angola,
where precipitation is seasonal and nutrient content of soils is very low. Subsistence farmers …