Water Regulation in Cyanobacterial Biocrusts from Drylands: Negative Impacts of Anthropogenic Disturbance
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Climate change and physical disturbance manipulations result in distinct biological soil crust communities.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Water
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2073-4441
DOI: 10.3390/w12030720