Wonderful photo, Chris! The lichen-like coloration on the mothers' hide might be a biocrust!
“Intact biocrusts can prevent invasive seeds from penetrating the soil and germinating, but sheep and cattle hooves destroyed the biocrust long ago in many areas.” www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
a flaky pastry biocrust
Hi everyone! Excited to build my science network here! I'm a dryland ecologist studying arid & semi-arid ecosystems in order to achieve sustainable management and restore in-tact landscapes 🏜️ I'm going to be posting about biocrust, dust storms, and ecological restoration 🤩 Let's be friends!
I AM BIOCRUST!
Biocrust researchers - the early bird deadline for the Biocrust 5 conference in Chihuahua City, Mexico (Apr. 8 - 12) has been extended until the end of January biocrust5.risza.mx
Attention #biocrust@eurogeosciences.bsky.social in Vienna. Abstract deadline is January 10th. So what are you waiting for?! Send us your contribution and come to Vienna!
Long-term biocrust responses to #wildfires#AJBbsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...#botany#bryophytes#ecology
Biocrust protects the Great Wall of China www.science.org/content/arti...