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Table 5 Conditions of different sample sites

From: Changes in soil carbon sequestration and emission in different succession stages of biological soil crusts in a sand-binding area

Site

Location

Altitude (m)

Vegetation coverage (%)

Dominant species

BSCs thickness (mm)

BSCs coverage (%)

Herbage density (plants m−2)

Shrub density (plants·hm−2)

Control

110°46′ 33.378″ E, 40°04′ 49.183″ N

1198

2.65 ± 0.18

Psammochloa villosa + Agriophyllum squarrosum

0

0

15 ± 3

0

Algal

110°47′ 29.805″ E, 40°04′ 34.179″ N

1115

38.63 ± 2.74

Salix psammophila + Hedysarum mongolicum

1.18 ± 0.06

11.31 ± 1.22

54 ± 6

121 ± 4

Lichen

110°46′ 56.978″ E, 40°04′ 40.868″ N

1147

55.32 ± 4.33

Salix psammophila + Caragana korshinskii

8.84 ± 1.63

24.66 ± 5.42

134 ± 21

174 ± 7

Moss

110°46′ 28.344″ E, 40°04′ 45.998″ N

1159

65.76 ± 8.12

Salix psammophila + Artemisia ordosica

13.66 ± 3.14

33.87 ± 4.78

177 ± 32

133 ± 12