Articles | Volume 15, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-1161-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-1161-2018
Research article
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23 Feb 2018
Research article |  | 23 Feb 2018

Antagonistic effects of drought and sand burial enable the survival of the biocrust moss Bryum argenteum in an arid sandy desert

Rongliang Jia, Yun Zhao, Yanhong Gao, Rong Hui, Haotian Yang, Zenru Wang, and Yixuan Li

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (05 Jan 2018) by Bettina Weber
AR by Rongliang Jia on behalf of the Authors (11 Jan 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (14 Jan 2018) by Bettina Weber
AR by Rongliang Jia on behalf of the Authors (19 Jan 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (23 Jan 2018) by Bettina Weber
AR by Rongliang Jia on behalf of the Authors (24 Jan 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (25 Jan 2018) by Bettina Weber
AR by Rongliang Jia on behalf of the Authors (25 Jan 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
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Why can biocrust moss survive and flourish in these habitats when stressed simultaneously by drought and sand burial? A field experiment was conducted to assess the combined effects of the two stressors on Bryum argenteum within biocrust. The two stressors did not exacerbate the single negative effects; their mutually antagonistic effect on the physiological vigor of B. argenteum was found, and it provided an opportunity for it to overcome the two co-occurring stressors in arid sandy ecosystems.
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