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Preferred term

biological soil crust

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Definition

  • [http://www.soilcrust.org/] The community of organisms living at the surface of desert soils. Major components are cyanobacteria, green algae, microfungi, mosses, liverworts and lichens

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • biological soil crusts

Scope note

  • MS Academic Keywords

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0126

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