Published December 9, 2019
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Spectral Diversity Successfully Estimates the α-Diversity of Biocrust-Forming Lichens
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- 1. Remote Sensing of Environmental Dynamics Lab, University of Milano – Bicocca, 20126 Milan, Italy
- 2. Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications, CREAF-CSIC-UAB, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
- 3. Department of Ecology, University of Alicante, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain
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Biocrusts, topsoil communities formed by mosses, lichens, liverworts, algae, and cyanobacteria, are a key biotic component of dryland ecosystems worldwide. Experiments carried out with lichen- and moss-dominated biocrusts indicate that climate change may dramatically reduce their cover and diversity. Therefore, the development of reproducible methods to monitor changes in biocrust diversity and abundance across multiple spatio-temporal scales is key for evaluating how climate change may impact biocrust communities and the myriad of ecosystem functions and services that rely on them. In this study, lichen-dominated biocrust samples were collected from a semi-arid ecosystem in central Spain.
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