Editorial: Biological soil crusts: spatio-temporal development and ecological functions of soil surface microbial communities across different scales

• Shubin Lan,
• Shubin Lan,
• David R. Elliott,
• Sonia Chamizo,
• Vincent J. M. N. L. Felde,
• Andrew D. Thomas

Affiliations

Shubin Lan

Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China

Shubin Lan

Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal University, Songyuan, China

David R. Elliott

Nature-Based Solutions Research Centre, University of Derby, Derby, United Kingdom

Sonia Chamizo

Desertification and Geoecology Department, Experimental Station of Arid Zones (EEZA, CSIC), Almería, Spain

Vincent J. M. N. L. Felde

Institute of Earth System Sciences, Section Soil Science, Leibniz University Hannover, Hanover, Germany

Andrew D. Thomas

Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom