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

Basic class information
Class id #P Avg. number of
references		 Database coverage
of references
9667 1132 47.0 58%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes
The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.


Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
3 4 PLANT SCIENCES//AGRONOMY//FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 1882812
15 3       ECOLOGY//FORESTRY//BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION 124126
309 2             JOURNAL OF RANGE MANAGEMENT//JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS//RANGELAND ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT 18464
9667 1                   BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS//BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUST//MICROBIOTIC CRUST 1132

Terms with highest relevance score


rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS authKW 2713308 11% 77% 130
2 BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUST authKW 2065072 9% 73% 105
3 MICROBIOTIC CRUST authKW 1334359 5% 85% 58
4 SH OTOU DESERT EXPT STN address 794022 7% 40% 74
5 BIOCRUST authKW 604186 2% 80% 28
6 CRYPTOGAMIC CRUSTS authKW 592077 3% 73% 30
7 MICROPHYTIC CRUSTS authKW 554869 2% 86% 24
8 CRYPTOBIOTIC CRUSTS authKW 349561 2% 72% 18
9 TENGGER DESERT authKW 335634 2% 44% 28
10 DESERTIFICAT TORAT ECOL address 330417 1% 88% 14

Web of Science journal categories


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 Soil Science 28276 30% 0% 338
2 Ecology 10553 35% 0% 392
3 Environmental Sciences 3738 29% 0% 323
4 Plant Sciences 1433 17% 0% 190
5 Geosciences, Multidisciplinary 1277 13% 0% 150
6 Water Resources 1150 9% 0% 103
7 Geography, Physical 697 4% 0% 50
8 Biodiversity Conservation 552 4% 0% 41
9 Agronomy 329 5% 0% 58
10 Microbiology 288 8% 0% 91

Address terms


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 SH OTOU DESERT EXPT STN 794022 7% 40% 74
2 DESERTIFICAT TORAT ECOL 330417 1% 88% 14
3 CANYONLANDS FIELD STN 239911 1% 68% 13
4 LAND WATER CONSERVAT 138119 1% 39% 13
5 SW BIOL SCI 100905 2% 15% 25
6 CANYONLANDS STN 96320 1% 36% 10
7 AREA BIO ERSIDAD CONSERVAC 85807 3% 9% 37
8 SH OTOU DESERT STN 80919 0% 100% 3
9 BIOL PLANT ECOL SYSTEMAT 80913 1% 50% 6
10 BIOGEOG BIO OURCES ARID LAND 79319 1% 29% 10

Journals


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS 65192 9% 2% 103
2 ARID LAND RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT 61319 3% 7% 32
3 SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY 15325 6% 1% 70
4 CATENA 12462 3% 1% 39
5 GREAT BASIN NATURALIST 9084 2% 2% 17
6 ARID SOIL RESEARCH AND REHABILITATION 8331 1% 3% 10
7 JOURNAL OF ARID LAND 6449 1% 2% 10
8 EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY 5713 1% 1% 16
9 MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 4295 2% 1% 23
10 PLANT AND SOIL 4106 4% 0% 43

Author Key Words


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS 2713308 11% 77% 130 Search BIOLOGICAL+SOIL+CRUSTS Search BIOLOGICAL+SOIL+CRUSTS
2 BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUST 2065072 9% 73% 105 Search BIOLOGICAL+SOIL+CRUST Search BIOLOGICAL+SOIL+CRUST
3 MICROBIOTIC CRUST 1334359 5% 85% 58 Search MICROBIOTIC+CRUST Search MICROBIOTIC+CRUST
4 BIOCRUST 604186 2% 80% 28 Search BIOCRUST Search BIOCRUST
5 CRYPTOGAMIC CRUSTS 592077 3% 73% 30 Search CRYPTOGAMIC+CRUSTS Search CRYPTOGAMIC+CRUSTS
6 MICROPHYTIC CRUSTS 554869 2% 86% 24 Search MICROPHYTIC+CRUSTS Search MICROPHYTIC+CRUSTS
7 CRYPTOBIOTIC CRUSTS 349561 2% 72% 18 Search CRYPTOBIOTIC+CRUSTS Search CRYPTOBIOTIC+CRUSTS
8 TENGGER DESERT 335634 2% 44% 28 Search TENGGER+DESERT Search TENGGER+DESERT
9 MICROBIOTIC SOIL CRUSTS 271977 1% 92% 11 Search MICROBIOTIC+SOIL+CRUSTS Search MICROBIOTIC+SOIL+CRUSTS
10 MICROCOLEUS VAGINATUS 228471 1% 71% 12 Search MICROCOLEUS+VAGINATUS Search MICROCOLEUS+VAGINATUS

Core articles
The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.


Rank Reference # ref.
in cl.		 Shr. of ref. in
cl.		 Citations
1 CASTILLO-MONROY, AP , MAESTRE, FT , (2011) BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS: RECENT ADVANCES IN OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR STRUCTURE AND ECOLOGICAL FUNCTION.REVISTA CHILENA DE HISTORIA NATURAL. VOL. 84. ISSUE 1. P. 1-21 84 72% 5
2 CHAMIZO, S , CANTON, Y , MIRALLES, I , DOMINGO, F , (2012) BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUST DEVELOPMENT AFFECTS PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SOIL SURFACE IN SEMIARID ECOSYSTEMS.SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. VOL. 49. ISSUE . P. 96 -105 49 82% 30
3 GYPSER, S , HERPPICH, WB , FISCHER, T , LANGE, P , VESTE, M , (2016) PHOTOSYNTHETIC CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR SPATIAL VARIANCE ON BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS COVERING INITIAL SOILS OF POST-MINING SITES IN LOWER LUSATIA, NE GERMANY.FLORA. VOL. 220. ISSUE . P. 103 -116 51 75% 1
4 ZHANG, DL , HU, CX , LAN, SB , WU, L , (2012) SUCCESSIONAL STAGES OF BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS AND THEIR MICROSTRUCTURE VARIABILITY IN SHAPOTOU REGION (CHINA).ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES. VOL. 65. ISSUE 1. P. 77 -88 46 90% 14
5 CHEN, XH , DUAN, ZH , (2015) IMPACTS OF SOIL CRUSTS ON SOIL PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS IN DIFFERENT RAINFALL ZONES OF THE ARID AND SEMI-ARID DESERT REGIONS OF NORTHERN CHINA.ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES. VOL. 73. ISSUE 7. P. 3335 -3347 39 98% 1
6 CHAMIZO, S , RODRIGUEZ-CABALLERO, E , ROMAN, JR , CANTON, Y , (2017) EFFECTS OF BIOCRUST ON SOIL EROSION AND ORGANIC CARBON LOSSES UNDER NATURAL RAINFALL.CATENA. VOL. 148. ISSUE . P. 117 -125 36 62% 1
7 GARCIA, V , ARANIBAR, J , PIETRASIAK, N , (2015) MULTISCALE EFFECTS ON BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS COVER AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION IN THE MONTE DESERT.ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY. VOL. 69. ISSUE . P. 35 -45 45 82% 1
8 BU, CF , WU, SF , XIE, YS , ZHANG, XC , (2013) THE STUDY OF BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS: HOTSPOTS AND PROSPECTS.CLEAN-SOIL AIR WATER. VOL. 41. ISSUE 9. P. 899-906 46 82% 5
9 ZHANG, YM , BELNAP, J , (2015) GROWTH RESPONSES OF FIVE DESERT PLANTS AS INFLUENCED BY BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS FROM A TEMPERATE DESERT, CHINA.ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH. VOL. 30. ISSUE 6. P. 1037 -1045 41 85% 2
10 CHAMIZO, S , CANTON, Y , RODRIGUEZ-CABALLERO, E , DOMINGO, F , (2016) BIOCRUSTS POSITIVELY AFFECT THE SOIL WATER BALANCE IN SEMIARID ECOSYSTEMS.ECOHYDROLOGY. VOL. 9. ISSUE 7. P. 1208 -1221 45 71% 1

Classes with closest relation at Level 1


Rank Class id link
1 15953 VEGETATION PATTERN//TIGER BUSH//FAIRY CIRCLES
2 26014 FEATHER MOSSES//PLEUROZIUM SCHREBERI//BIOL PROBLEMS CRYOLITHZONE
3 17035 NOSTOC FLAGELLIFORME//RED MICROALGAE//PORPHYRIDIUM SP
4 9892 WIND EROSION//AEOLIAN RESEARCH//WIND EROS
5 28930 GYPSOPHYTES//GYPSOPHILE//GYPSOPHILY
6 22563 BIOL NITROGEN FIXAT PROJECT//EUGLENOID ALGA//RHIZOBIAL BIOFILMS
7 19954 DEW//LEAF WETNESS//DEW WATER
8 23887 CALDENAL//FESTUCA PALLESCENS//PROSOPIS CALDENIA
9 11938 LICHENOMETRY//LICHENS//RHIZOCARPON
10 8142 JORNADA BASIN LONG TERM ECOL PROGRAM//PRECIPITATION MANIPULATION//RAINOUT SHELTER

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