Class information for:
Level 1: BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS//MICROBIOTIC CRUST//MICROBIOTIC CRUSTS

Basic class information
ID Publications Average number
of references		 Avg. shr. active
ref. in WoS
10850 962 44.9 54%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Classes in level above (level 2)


ID, lev.
above		 Publications Label for level above
631 13100 MICROCYSTINS//MICROCYSTIN//CYANOBACTERIA

Terms with highest relevance score


Rank Term Type of term Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS Author keyword 283 75% 21% 205
2 MICROBIOTIC CRUST Author keyword 53 85% 3% 28
3 MICROBIOTIC CRUSTS Author keyword 53 85% 3% 28
4 CRYPTOGAMIC CRUSTS Author keyword 38 86% 2% 19
5 MICROPHYTIC CRUSTS Author keyword 35 89% 2% 16
6 CRYPTOBIOTIC CRUSTS Author keyword 32 88% 2% 15
7 SH OTOU DESERT EXPT STN Address 27 38% 6% 56
8 DESERTIFICAT TORAT ECOL Address 22 81% 1% 13
9 CRYPTOGAMIC CRUST Author keyword 17 72% 1% 13
10 BIOCRUST Author keyword 15 82% 1% 9

Web of Science journal categories

Author Key Words


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS 283 75% 21% 205 Search BIOLOGICAL+SOIL+CRUSTS Search BIOLOGICAL+SOIL+CRUSTS
2 MICROBIOTIC CRUST 53 85% 3% 28 Search MICROBIOTIC+CRUST Search MICROBIOTIC+CRUST
3 MICROBIOTIC CRUSTS 53 85% 3% 28 Search MICROBIOTIC+CRUSTS Search MICROBIOTIC+CRUSTS
4 CRYPTOGAMIC CRUSTS 38 86% 2% 19 Search CRYPTOGAMIC+CRUSTS Search CRYPTOGAMIC+CRUSTS
5 MICROPHYTIC CRUSTS 35 89% 2% 16 Search MICROPHYTIC+CRUSTS Search MICROPHYTIC+CRUSTS
6 CRYPTOBIOTIC CRUSTS 32 88% 2% 15 Search CRYPTOBIOTIC+CRUSTS Search CRYPTOBIOTIC+CRUSTS
7 CRYPTOGAMIC CRUST 17 72% 1% 13 Search CRYPTOGAMIC+CRUST Search CRYPTOGAMIC+CRUST
8 BIOCRUST 15 82% 1% 9 Search BIOCRUST Search BIOCRUST
9 MICROCOLEUS VAGINATUS 15 71% 1% 12 Search MICROCOLEUS+VAGINATUS Search MICROCOLEUS+VAGINATUS
10 TENGGER DESERT 14 44% 2% 24 Search TENGGER+DESERT Search TENGGER+DESERT

Key Words Plus


Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 MICROBIOTIC CRUSTS 126 80% 8% 79
2 WESTERN NEGEV 58 74% 4% 43
3 CRYPTOGAMIC CRUSTS 51 64% 5% 50
4 WESTERN NEGEV DESERT 46 78% 3% 31
5 BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS 46 38% 10% 96
6 NIZZANA 42 94% 2% 15
7 ARID LANDS 30 50% 4% 43
8 DESERT CRUSTS 24 82% 1% 14
9 SANDY AREA 23 100% 1% 10
10 MICROPHYTIC CRUSTS 23 74% 2% 17

Journals

Reviews


Title Publ. year Cit. Active references % act. ref.
to same field
Extracellular polysaccharides from cyanobacterial soil crusts A review of their role in dryland soil processes 2011 40 42 62%
Biological soil crust rehabilitation in theory and practice: An underexploited opportunity 2007 76 77 62%
MICROBIOTIC SOIL CRUSTS - A REVIEW OF THEIR ROLES IN SOIL AND ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN THE RANGELANDS OF AUSTRALIA 1994 239 32 69%
Microbial ecology of hot desert edaphic systems 2015 4 225 17%
Biological crusts as a model system for examining the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship in soils 2010 39 79 51%
The world at your feet: desert biological soil crusts 2003 106 19 58%
Review of the ecohydrological processes and feedback mechanisms controlling sand-binding vegetation systems in sandy desert regions of China 2013 8 66 59%
Microbial colonization and controls in dryland systems 2012 43 71 34%
CRYPTOGAMIC CRUSTS OF SEMIARID AND ARID LANDS OF NORTH-AMERICA 1993 161 21 100%
Microbiotic crusts and ecosystem processes 1999 167 138 44%

Address terms


Rank Address term Relevance score
(tfidf)		 Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences		 Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term		 Num. of
publ. in
class
1 SH OTOU DESERT EXPT STN 27 38% 5.8% 56
2 DESERTIFICAT TORAT ECOL 22 81% 1.4% 13
3 CANYONLANDS FIELD STN 15 68% 1.4% 13
4 LAND WATER CONSERVAT 7 39% 1.4% 13
5 CANYONLANDS STN 5 38% 1.0% 10
6 SW BIOL SCI 4 15% 2.6% 25
7 SH OTOU DESERT STN 3 100% 0.3% 3
8 GRP EVALUAC CALIDAD SUELO 3 60% 0.3% 3
9 DESERTIFICAC GEOECOL 2 28% 0.7% 7
10 DRYLAND BIOTECHNOL 2 32% 0.6% 6

Related classes at same level (level 1)


Rank Relatedness score Related classes
1 0.0000189820 NOSTOC FLAGELLIFORME//NOSTOC COMMUNE//NOSTOC SPHAEROIDES
2 0.0000147528 FEATHER MOSSES//SOIL NITROGEN UPTAKE//BIOL PROBLEMS CRYOLITHZONE
3 0.0000121646 DEPOSITION GAUGE//DUST GAUGE//AEOLIAN PARTICLES
4 0.0000111789 BOUTELOUA ERIOPODA//PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA//LARREA TRIDENTATA
5 0.0000104715 DEW//DEW COLLECTION//DEW WATER
6 0.0000084130 BADLANDS//CALANCHI//CENTRAL SPANISH PYRENEES
7 0.0000082081 EVOLUTION CANYON//NALASSUS//BIODIVERSITY CHARACTERISTICS
8 0.0000077047 OSCILLATORIALES//CHROOCOCCALES//PHYCOCYANIN OPERON
9 0.0000071652 LOBARIA PULMONARIA//LICHENOMETRY//EPIPHYTIC LICHENS
10 0.0000067663 DESERT VEGETATION//NATIVE SEED PRODUCTION//STIPA LAGASCAE