Explaining the cover image for issue 2.6
The cover image for the last issue of the year of Methods in Ecology and Evolution is a biological soil crust (BSC), a community which may be composed by mosses, lichens, liveworths fungi and bacteria that are prevalent in drylands worldwide. Lichen-dominated BSCs (like the one in the image) affect multiple ecosystem functions in those habitats where they are present, including carbon and nitrogen cycling, … Continue reading Explaining the cover image for issue 2.6