The rupture of a microbiotic crust under the impact of a single saltating grain was theoretically studied using the classical theories of elastic thin plate and plastic mechanics.

In this paper,an experimental study on the daily change of soil moisture content under the effect of microbiotic crusts in the Gurbantonggut Desert is carried out.

Soil hydrological process of microbiotic crusts (MC) has been a most debated problem with so much academic concerns all along.

Influencing factors of biological crust degradation in Hilly-gullied Region of Loess Plateau in China;

Six patterns of degraded grassland restoration were studied,including grass barrier,straw pane +Salix oritrepha+forage planting, sheep dung biological crust+ forage planting,pebble pane + forage planting,overshadowing net+ forage planting,and S.

Well-developed biological crusts cover the Gurbantnggtt Desert, the largest fixed and semi-fixed desert in China.

Effects of biological soil crust on saturated hydraulic conductivity in water-wind erosion crisscross region,North of Shaanxi Province,China;

Effects of biological soil crust on soil physicochemical properties in water-wind erosion crisscross region,northern Shaanxi Province,China;

Change of soil microbial content in different types of biological soil crust in Kubuqi Desert is studied.

Review on the influences of biological soil crusts on soil and vegetation in desertified areas;

On the nitrogen fixation by biological soil crusts in the Gurbantunggut Desert,northern Xinjiang of China;

At the same time,biological soil crusts play an important role in fixing drift sand,nutrients circulation and ecological environment changes,and so on,respectively.

Development characteristics of biotic crusts on Shapotou vegetated sand dunes;