To improve wind erosion model calculations across several spatial and temporal scales simultaneously, there is a requirement for a noninvasive approach that can be used rapidly to assess changes in the compositional and structural nature of a soil surface in time and space. Remote sensing allows consideration of the processes controlling erodibility on the same spatial continuum to avoid time-c...

Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) form a regular and relevant feature in drylands, as they stabilize the soil, fix nutrients, influence water cycling. However, biocrust forming organisms have been shown to be dramatically vulnerable climate land use change occurring these regions. In this study, we used Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data of biocrust-dominated pixels (NDVIbiocru...

Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) play an important role in the biogeochemical C-, N- and P-cycles but there is limited knowledge about their effect on composition stability of organic matter (OM) soil. In pine beech dominated temperate forests, different compartments biocrust, crust-adhering crust-free were analysed by pyrolysis field ionization mass spectrometry (Py-FIMS) C K-edge X-ray abso...

Abstract Background We investigated the spatio-temporal dynamics of soil carbon dioxide (CO 2 )- and methane (CH 4 )-flux during biological crust (BSCs) deposition in a sand-binding area eastern Chinese Hobq Desert. The trends organic (C) content density were analyzed this process. sampling sites comprised mobile dune (control) those with algal, lichen, moss crust-fixed sands. desert CO - CH -f...

the effect of poultry waste application on physicochemical and biological properties of sandy clay loam soil was investigated on a 7m x 7m plot of land. plot was divided into four portions and 7.5kg each of broiler, cockerel and layers waste was applied to plot a, b, and c in slurry form while plot d was used as control(no application) for eight weeks with two weeks interval. after the fourth a...