Figure 1.
Publications on biocrusts in the last two decades in China by subject search (biological crust, cryptogamic crust, biocrust, microbiotic crust, microphytic crust, and microbial crust) and search date (January, 1995~August, 2021; SCI indicates papers published on the international journals, included in Science Citation Index; CSCD indicates papers published in Chinese, included in Chinese Science Citation Database. The search report was completed by Lanzhou novelty search consulting Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, www.llas.cas.cn).