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DOI	10.3389/fmicb.2020.577922
	Broader Impacts for Ecologists: Biological Soil Crust as a Model System for Education
	Faist, Akasha M.; Antoninka, Anita J.; Barger, Nichole N.; Bowker, Matthew A.; Chaudhary, V. Bala; Havrilla, Caroline A.; Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth; Reed, Sasha C.; Weber, Bettina
通讯作者	Faist, AM (corresponding author), New Mexico State Univ, Dept Anim & Range Sci, Las Cruces, NM 88003 USA.
来源期刊	FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN	1664-302X
出版年	2021
卷号	11
英文摘要	Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are a complex community of algae, cyanobacteria, lichens, bryophytes, and assorted bacteria, fungi, archaea, and bacteriophages that colonize the soil surface. Biocrusts are particularly common in drylands and are found in arid and semiarid ecosystems worldwide. While diminutive in size, biocrusts often cover large terrestrial areas, provide numerous ecosystem benefits, enhance biodiversity, and are found in multiple configurations and assemblages across different climate and disturbance regimes. Biocrusts have been a focus of many ecologists, especially those working in semiarid and arid lands, as biocrusts are foundational community members, play fundamental roles in ecosystem processes, and offer rare opportunities to study biological interactions at small and large spatial scales. Due to these same characteristics, biocrusts have the potential to serve as an excellent teaching tool. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the utility of biocrust communities as a model system in science education. Functioning as portable, dynamic mini ecosystems, biocrusts can be used to teach about organisms, biodiversity, biotic interactions, abiotic controls, ecosystem processes, and even global change, and can be easy to use in nearly every classroom setup. For example, education principles, such as evolution and adaptation to stress, or structure and function (patterns and processes) can be applied by bringing biocrusts into the classroom as a teaching tool. In addition, discussing the utility of biocrusts in the classroom - including theory, hypothesis testing, experimentation, and hands-on learning - this document also provides tips and resources for developing education tools and activities geared toward impactful learning.
英文关键词	biocrust ecology evolution scale patterns and processes succession classroom
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Green Published, gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000608465900001
WOS关键词	COMMUNITY ; BIOCRUST
WOS类目	Microbiology
WOS研究方向	Microbiology
来源机构	United States Geological Survey ; New Mexico State University
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/347912
作者单位	[Faist, Akasha M.] New Mexico State Univ, Dept Anim & Range Sci, Las Cruces, NM 88003 USA; [Antoninka, Anita J.; Bowker, Matthew A.] No Arizona Univ, Sch Forestry, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 USA; [Barger, Nichole N.] Univ Colorado, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Boulder, CO 80309 USA; [Chaudhary, V. Bala] Depaul Univ, Dept Environm Sci & Studies, Chicago, IL 60604 USA; [Havrilla, Caroline A.] US Geol Survey, Southwest Biol Sci Ctr, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 USA; [Havrilla, Caroline A.] No Arizona Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Box 5640, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 USA; [Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth] Inst Potosino Invest Cient & Tecnol, Div Ciencias Ambientales, San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico; [Reed, Sasha C.] US Geol Survey, Southwest Biol Sci Ctr, Moab, UT USA; [Weber, Bettina] Karl Franzens Univ Graz, Dept Biol, Graz, Austria; [Weber, Bettina] Max Planck Inst Chem, Multiphase Chem Dept, Mainz, Germany
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Faist, Akasha M.,Antoninka, Anita J.,Barger, Nichole N.,et al. Broader Impacts for Ecologists: Biological Soil Crust as a Model System for Education[J]. United States Geological Survey, New Mexico State University,2021,11.
APA	Faist, Akasha M..,Antoninka, Anita J..,Barger, Nichole N..,Bowker, Matthew A..,Chaudhary, V. Bala.,...&Weber, Bettina.(2021).Broader Impacts for Ecologists: Biological Soil Crust as a Model System for Education.FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY,11.
MLA	Faist, Akasha M.,et al."Broader Impacts for Ecologists: Biological Soil Crust as a Model System for Education".FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY 11(2021).