The CO₂ exchange of biological soil crusts in a semiarid grass-shrubland at the northern transition zone of the Negev desert, Israel

Agriculture & Biology

• biological soil crusts 100%
• shrublands 69%
• Israel 67%
• deserts 62%
• grasses 48%
• dew 20%
• rain 15%
• soil 15%
• steppes 11%
• soil water content 10%
• condensation (phase transition) 6%
• winter 6%
• summer 6%
• water 6%
• carbon sinks 6%
• collars 5%
• arid lands 5%
• water supply 5%
• mosses and liverworts 4%
• Cyanobacteria 4%
• shrubs 4%
• blood vessels 4%
• ecosystems 3%
• vegetation 3%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• soil crust 87%
• shrubland 75%
• transition zone 64%
• grass 55%
• desert 54%
• dew 20%
• rain 15%
• steppe 10%
• soil 8%
• ground cover 6%
• winter 6%
• summer 5%
• carbon sink 5%
• moss 5%
• dwelling 4%
• soil layer 4%
• cyanobacterium 4%
• condensation 4%
• water 4%
• shrub 4%
• soil surface 4%
• moisture content 4%
• soil moisture 4%
• soil water 4%
• water supply 3%
• water content 3%
• moisture 3%
• transition 3%
• in situ 3%
• vegetation 3%
• ecosystem 2%
• analysis 1%