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3. Mosses and lichens enhance atmospheric elemental mercury deposition in a subtropical montane forest† X. Li et al. https://doi.org/10.1071/EN22124
4. Modelling the diurnal and seasonal dynamics of soil CO2 exchange in a semiarid ecosystem with high plant–interspace heterogeneity J. Gong et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-115-2018
5. Exploring environmental and physiological drivers of the annual carbon budget of biocrusts from various climatic zones with a mechanistic data-driven model Y. Ma et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-2553-2023
6. Comprehensive phylogenomic time tree of bryophytes reveals deep relationships and uncovers gene incongruences in the last 500 million years of diversification J. Bechteler et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16249
7. Bryophyte gas‐exchange dynamics along varying hydration status reveal a significant carbonyl sulphide (COS) sink in the dark and COS source in the light T. Gimeno et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14584
8. A dynamic local-scale vegetation model for lycopsids (LYCOm v1.0) S. Halder et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-2325-2022
9. Associations and Ecological Adaptations of Two Hypolithic Gloeoheppia Lichen Species in Arid Desert Environments S. Alrobaish https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026261725600776
10. Biocrust contribution to ecosystem carbon fluxes varies along an elevational gradient E. Dettweiler‐Robinson et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2315
11. No support for the emergence of lichens prior to the evolution of vascular plants M. Nelsen et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12369
12. Soil and vegetation responses to biochar application in terms of its feedback on carbon sequestration under different environmental conditions—LiDELS model overview M. Maslouski et al. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adbfa6
13. Bryophytes: Ecosystem Engineers in Soil, Carbon, and Water Cycles A. Gautam & T. Sharma https://doi.org/10.21276/pt.2025.v2.i4.5
14. Functional performance of biocrusts across Europe and its implications for drylands J. Raggio et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2020.104402
15. Hydration status and diurnal trophic interactions shape microbial community function in desert biocrusts M. Kim & D. Or https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-5403-2017
16. Impact of varying diurnal temperature ranges on regulation of multiple physiological traits of a drought-tolerant moss (Grimmia pilifera) L. Dai et al. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-025-07511-9
17. The ‘plant economic spectrum’ in bryophytes, a comparative study in subalpine forest Z. Wang et al. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1600335
18. Global NO and HONO emissions of biological soil crusts estimated by a process-based non-vascular vegetation model P. Porada et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2003-2019
19. Elevational trends in photosynthetic capacity and trait relationships of subtropical montane understorey bryophytes Z. Wang et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109251
20. Towards a more detailed representation of high-latitude vegetation in the global land surface model ORCHIDEE (ORC-HL-VEGv1.0) A. Druel et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-4693-2017
21. A novel model quantifies epiphyte-mediated temperature and water dynamics in a tropical montane cloud forest D. Carchipulla-Morales et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110770
22. Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria Promote the Development of Biological Soil Crusts K. Tang et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02715
23. The global contribution of soil mosses to ecosystem services D. Eldridge et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01170-x
24. The macroevolutionary dynamics of symbiotic and phenotypic diversification in lichens M. Nelsen et al. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2001913117
25. Host tree species mediate corticolous lichen responses to elevated CO2 and O3 after 10 years exposure in the Aspen-FACE system H. Neufeld & F. Perkins https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142875
26. Design and evaluation of a miniaturized bioregenerative microecosystem for CubeSat missions M. Griffa et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.12.057
27. Disparate responses of soil-atmosphere CO2 exchange to biophysical and geochemical factors over a biocrust ecological succession in the Tabernas Desert C. Lopez-Canfin et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.116067
28. Climate change leads to higher NPP at the end of the century in the Antarctic Tundra: Response patterns through the lens of lichens N. Beltrán-Sanz et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155495
29. Roles of Bryophytes in Forest Sustainability—Positive or Negative? J. Glime https://doi.org/10.3390/su16062359
30. Revolutions in energy input and material cycling in Earth history and human history T. Lenton et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-7-353-2016
31. Advancing studies on global biocrust distribution S. Wang et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-763-2024
32. Effects of moisture dynamics on bryophyte carbon fluxes in a tropical cloud forest D. Metcalfe & J. Ahlstrand https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15727
33. Long‐term warming effects on the microbiome andnifHgene abundance of a common moss species in sub‐Arctic tundra I. Klarenberg et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17837
34. Five new additions to the lichenized mycobiota of the Aotearoa / New Zealand archipelago A. MARSHALL et al. https://doi.org/10.15407/ukrbotj79.130
35. Non-Destructive Lichen Biomass Estimation in Northwestern Alaska: A Comparison of Methods A. Rosso et al. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0103739
36. Ecohydrological processes can predict biocrust cover at regional scale but not global scale N. Chen et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-024-07079-7
37. Towards a Systems Biology Approach to Understanding the Lichen Symbiosis: Opportunities and Challenges of Implementing Network Modelling H. Nazem-Bokaee et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.667864
38. Annual net primary productivity of a cyanobacteria-dominated biological soil crust in the Gulf Savannah, Queensland, Australia B. Büdel et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-491-2018
39. Recent literature on lichens—233 B. Hodkinson & S. Hodkinson https://doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745-117.2.209
40. The Ecology of Subaerial Biofilms in Dry and Inhospitable Terrestrial Environments F. Villa & F. Cappitelli https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7100380
41. Highly resolved projections of climate and vegetation indicate major changes in northern Scandinavia: Implications for reindeer herding, tourism and nature conservation H. Pleijel et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-026-02423-w
42. Biocrust tissue traits as potential indicators of global change in the Mediterranean L. Concostrina-Zubiri et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-017-3483-7
43. Significant contribution of non-vascular vegetation to global rainfall interception P. Porada et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0176-7
44. Simulated climate change impacts health, growth, photosynthesis, and reproduction of high‐elevation epiphytic lichens F. Worthy et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70224
45. Estimating global nitrous oxide emissions by lichens and bryophytes with a process-based productivity model P. Porada et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-1593-2017
46. Thallus structural alterations in green-algal lichens as indicators of elevated CO2 in a degassing volcanic area F. Bernardo et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106326
47. Did early land plants produce a stepwise change in atmospheric oxygen during the Late Ordovician (Sandbian ~458 Ma)? Y. Adiatma et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109341
48. Desplazamiento del Hábitat de Macrolíquenes del Bosque Montano en un Escenario de Calentamiento Global en el Noreste de los Andes Venezolanos V. Marcano & L. Castillo https://doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.597
49. Development and calibration of a novel sensor to quantify the water content of surface soils and biological soil crusts B. Weber et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12459
50. High potential for weathering and climate effects of non-vascular vegetation in the Late Ordovician P. Porada et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12113
51. The influence of nitrate pollution on elemental and isotopic composition of aquatic and semi-aquatic bryophytes A. Martín et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2023.103710
52. A long-term (2002 to 2017) record of closed-path and open-path eddy covariance CO2 net ecosystem exchange fluxes from the Siberian Arctic D. Holl et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-221-2019
53. Life-stage dependent response of the epiphytic lichen Lobaria pulmonaria to climate L. Di Nuzzo et al. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2022.903607
54. The impact of tree canopy structure on understory variation in a boreal forest T. Majasalmi & M. Rautiainen https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118100
55. Effects of bryophyte and lichen cover on permafrost soil temperature at large scale P. Porada et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2291-2016
56. Ecophysiological characterization of early successional biological soil crusts in heavily human-impacted areas M. Szyja et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-1919-2018
57. Life at the boundary: photosynthesis at the soil–fluid interface. A synthesis focusing on mosses: Table 1. J. Raven & T. Colmer https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erw012
58. Artificial dispersal of the lichen Crocodia aurata (Lobariaceae) using asexual propagules and gel‐filled gauze packets N. Leddy et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/emr.12344
59. Precipitation regime controls bryosphere carbon cycling similarly across contrasting ecosystems R. Grau‐Andrés et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.07749
60. Integrating peatlands into the coupled Canadian Land Surface Scheme (CLASS) v3.6 and the Canadian Terrestrial Ecosystem Model (CTEM) v2.0 Y. Wu et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-2639-2016
61. Changes of bacterial community structure,monosaccharide composition and CO2 exchange along the successional stages of biological soil crusts J. Wang et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-023-01572-1
62. Modeling micro-topographic controls on boreal peatland hydrology and methane fluxes F. Cresto Aleina et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5689-2015
63. On the potential vegetation feedbacks that enhance phosphorus availability – insights from a process-based model linking geological and ecological timescales C. Buendía et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-3661-2014
64. Modeling the Vegetation Dynamics of Northern Shrubs and Mosses in the ORCHIDEE Land Surface Model A. Druel et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018MS001531
65. Interactions of moisture and light drive lichen growth and the response to climate change scenarios: experimental evidence for Lobaria pulmonaria M. Borge & C. Ellis https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcae029
66. Could land‐based early photosynthesizing ecosystems have bioengineered the planet in mid‐Palaeozoic times? D. Edwards et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12187
67. Long-term carbon dioxide removal potential from the application of wood biochar and basanite rock powder in sandy soil using the LiDELSv2 process-based modeling approach M. Maslouski et al. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae21f6
68. Functional Traits in Lichen Ecology: A Review of Challenge and Opportunity C. Ellis et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9040766
69. Effects of short-term variability of meteorological variables on soil temperature in permafrost regions C. Beer et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-741-2018
70. Effects of climate change and land use intensification on regional biological soil crust cover and composition in southern Africa E. Rodríguez-Caballero et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115508
71. Light and Water Conditions Co-Regulated Stomata and Leaf Relative Uptake Rate (LRU) during Photosynthesis and COS Assimilation: A Meta-Analysis P. Wang et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14052840
72. Lichens: A limit to peat growth? L. Harris et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12975
73. Modeling the Effect of Moss Cover on Soil Temperature and Carbon Fluxes at a Tundra Site in Northeastern Siberia H. Park et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004491
74. Metabolic activity duration can be effectively predicted from macroclimatic data for biological soil crust habitats across Europe J. Raggio et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.07.001
75. Phenotypic plasticity of Eurohypnum leptothallum in degraded karst ecosystems: Adaptative mechanisms and ecological functions driven by warming temperatures Y. Lu et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2025.109745
76. Extending a land-surface model with Sphagnum moss to simulate responses of a northern temperate bog to whole ecosystem warming and elevated CO2 X. Shi et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-467-2021
77. Earliest land plants created modern levels of atmospheric oxygen T. Lenton et al. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1604787113
78. Temperature factors are a primary driver of the forest bryophyte diversity and distribution in the southeast Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Y. Zhang et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120610
79. Site-level model intercomparison of high latitude and high altitude soil thermal dynamics in tundra and barren landscapes A. Ekici et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-1343-2015
80. Anatomical constraints to nonstomatal diffusion conductance and photosynthesis in lycophytes and bryophytes M. Carriquí et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15675
81. Transferability of multi- and hyperspectral optical biocrust indices E. Rodríguez-Caballero et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2017.02.007
82. Carbon stocks and fluxes in the high latitudes: using site-level data to evaluate Earth system models S. Chadburn et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-5143-2017
83. A research agenda for nonvascular photoautotrophs under climate change P. Porada et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18631
84. Mature biocrust-covered soil carbon fluxes are dependent on their types: Moss-covered soils still serve as sinks while cyanobacteria-covered soils become sources W. Dou & B. Xiao https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110627
85. Direct and indirect effects of warming on moss abundance and associated nitrogen fixation in subarctic ecosystems A. Permin et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-021-05245-9
86. Could Hair-Lichens of High-Elevation Forests Help Detect the Impact of Global Change in the Alps? J. Nascimbene et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/d11030045
87. Relative humidity predominantly determines long‐term biocrust‐forming lichen cover in drylands under climate change S. Baldauf et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13563
88. When time is not of the essence: constraints to the carbon balance of bryophytes A. Perera-Castro et al. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac104
89. Microclimate drives growth of hair lichens in boreal forest canopies after partial cutting P. Esseen & D. Coxson https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122319
90. Upscaling methane emission hotspots in boreal peatlands F. Cresto Aleina et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-915-2016
91. Estimated abundance and diversity of heterotrophic protists in South African biocrusts K. Dumack et al. https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2016/20150302
92. Arboreal Epiphytes in the Soil-Atmosphere Interface: How Often Are the Biggest “Buckets” in the Canopy Empty? H. Hargis et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences9080342
93. The origin of soil organic matter controls its composition and bioreactivity across a mesic boreal forest latitudinal gradient L. Kohl et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13887
94. A cautionary tale about urban trees: could ecoservice monetary estimates become economic sleights of hand? J. Van Stan et al. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaf119
95. Bark Water Storage Plays Key Role for Growth of Mediterranean Epiphytic Lichens P. Porada & P. Giordani https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2021.668682
96. Spatial and temporal scale–dependent feedbacks govern dynamics of biocrusts in drylands J. Sun et al. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2424836122
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98. Morphology drives water storage traits in the globally widespread lichen genus Usnea A. Eriksson et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2018.06.007
99. Climatic and soil texture threshold values for cryptogamic cover development: a meta analysis T. Fischer & M. Subbotina https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-014-0464-7
100. Influence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on water storage capacity of two lichens species A. Klamerus-Iwan et al. https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2023-0010
101. Biocrusts modulate carbon losses under warming across global drylands: A bayesian meta-analysis J. Sun et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109214