Achieving Dryland Restoration Through the Deployment of Enhanced Biocrusts to Improve Soil Stability, Fertility and Native Plant Recruitment

Abstract

Biological soil crusts ('biocrusts') are communities of microorganisms that develop on soil surfaces and are a critically important functional component of dryland systems of the globe. Due to the functional importance of biocrust communities to the ecological functioning of dryland ecosystems there is keen interest in restoring these communities. The overarching research objective in this project was to facilitate the recovery of degraded arid and semi-arid Department of Defense lands by restoring biocrust communities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 28, 2018
Accession Number
AD1073434

Entities

People

  • Nichole N. Barger

Organizations

  • University of Colorado Boulder

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Sciences
  • Cells
  • Climate Change
  • Department Of Defense
  • Ecology
  • Ecosystems
  • Environment
  • Field Conditions
  • Filter Paper
  • Fungi
  • Materials
  • Microbiology
  • Polymers
  • Soil Stabilization
  • Standards
  • Sunlight
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.