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Biological soil crusts in the biogeocenoses of the dry steppes of the Khangai upland are formed by combinations of complexes of terricolous lichen synusiums composed of different lichen species and life forms. Lichens of seven life forms are represented in the studied lichen synusiums. The synusium of Xanthoparmelia camtschadalis vagrant lichen occurs most often in the studied biogeocenoses.
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Original Russian Text © L.G. Biazrov, 2015, published in Aridnye Ekosistemy, 2015, Vol. 21, No. 3(64), pp. 70–79.
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Biazrov, L.G. Contribution of lichens in the formation of biological soil crusts in the steppes of the Khangai upland (Mongolia). Arid Ecosyst 5, 169–175 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079096115030038
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