Despite the important role that biocrust communities play in maintaining ecosystem structure and functioning in drylands world-wide, few studies have evaluated how climate change will affect them. Using data from an 8-yr-old manipulative field experiment located in central Spain, we evaluated how warming, rainfall exclusion and their combination affected the dynamics of biocrust communities in areas that initially had low ( 50%, HIBC plots) biocrust cover. Warming reduced the richness (35 6%), diversity (25 8%) and cover (82 5%) of biocrusts in HIBC plots. The presence and abundance of mosses increased with warming through time in these plots, although their growth rate was much lower than the rate of lichen death, resulting in a net loss o...
A positive soil carbon (C)-climate feedback is embedded into the climatic models of the IPCC. Howeve...
Biocrusts are key drivers of ecosystem functioning in drylands, yet our understanding of how climate...
1. Climate change will raise temperatures and modify precipitation patterns in drylands worldwide, a...
The importance of biological soil crusts (biocrusts) for the biogeochemistry of drylands is widely r...
Biological soil crusts (BSCs) are key biotic components of dryland ecosystems worldwide that control...
Biological soil crusts (BSCs) are key biotic components of dryland ecosystems worldwide that control...
Biological soil crusts (BSCs) are key biotic components of dryland ecosystems worldwide that control...
Biological soil crusts (BSCs) are key biotic components of dryland ecosystems worldwide that control...
Dryland ecosystems account for ca. 27% of global soil organic carbon (C) reserves, yet it is largely...
Despite the high relevance of communities dominated by lichens, mosses and cyanobacteria living on t...
Biocrusts, topsoil communities formed by mosses, lichens, liverworts, algae, and cyanobacteria, are ...
Despite the high relevance of communities dominated by lichens, mosses and cyanobacteria living on t...
Alpine ecosystems have shown to be sensitive to climate warming. Bryophytes are particularly importa...
Alpine ecosystems have shown to be sensitive to climate warming. Bryophytes are particularly importa...
1. Climate change will raise temperatures and modify precipitation patterns in drylands worldwide, a...
A positive soil carbon (C)-climate feedback is embedded into the climatic models of the IPCC. Howeve...
Biocrusts are key drivers of ecosystem functioning in drylands, yet our understanding of how climate...
1. Climate change will raise temperatures and modify precipitation patterns in drylands worldwide, a...
The importance of biological soil crusts (biocrusts) for the biogeochemistry of drylands is widely r...
Biological soil crusts (BSCs) are key biotic components of dryland ecosystems worldwide that control...
Biological soil crusts (BSCs) are key biotic components of dryland ecosystems worldwide that control...
Biological soil crusts (BSCs) are key biotic components of dryland ecosystems worldwide that control...
Biological soil crusts (BSCs) are key biotic components of dryland ecosystems worldwide that control...
Dryland ecosystems account for ca. 27% of global soil organic carbon (C) reserves, yet it is largely...
Despite the high relevance of communities dominated by lichens, mosses and cyanobacteria living on t...
Biocrusts, topsoil communities formed by mosses, lichens, liverworts, algae, and cyanobacteria, are ...
Despite the high relevance of communities dominated by lichens, mosses and cyanobacteria living on t...
Alpine ecosystems have shown to be sensitive to climate warming. Bryophytes are particularly importa...
Alpine ecosystems have shown to be sensitive to climate warming. Bryophytes are particularly importa...
1. Climate change will raise temperatures and modify precipitation patterns in drylands worldwide, a...
A positive soil carbon (C)-climate feedback is embedded into the climatic models of the IPCC. Howeve...
Biocrusts are key drivers of ecosystem functioning in drylands, yet our understanding of how climate...
1. Climate change will raise temperatures and modify precipitation patterns in drylands worldwide, a...