Anaerobic degradation (AD) of heterogeneous agricultural substrates is a complex process involving a diverse microbial community. While microbial community composition of a variety of biogas plants (B
We studied the effect of the litter covering on biocrust-forming mosses on the northern Chinese Loess Plateau over four-month period. We used litter from shrubs of Artemisia ordosica and Car
Aridification is threatening the capacity of drylands to support key ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration, nutrient cycling and plant primary productivity. Biocrusts are widely distributed