Kirstin Deutschewitz

TL;DR: It is concluded that BSCs are a normal and frequent element of the vegetation in arid and semi-arid southwestern Africa, and that rain frequency and duration of dry periods rather than the precipitation amount is the main factor for BSC growth and succession.

TL;DR: The Continuum Removal Crust Identification Algorithm (CRCIA) is based on small and narrow spectral characteristics, that were extracted by continuum removal and subsequently expressed as a set of logical conditions as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: It is found that severe, small-scale disturbances could be repaired quite rapidly and important functions, like soil stability and erosion protection, were functional after only eight months or one rainy season and full recovery from long-term disturbance seems to take longer.

TL;DR: In this paper, a transect approach was used to determine the frequency of hypolithic growth depending on the size, weight, and embedding depth of the quartz pebbles.

TL;DR: In this article, a transect approach was used to determine the frequency of hypolithic growth depending on the size, weight, and embedding depth of the quartz pebbles.