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Figure 1. Biocrust communities in diverse habitat settings, including drylands [(A) Chihuahuan Desert; from Hoellrich et al.; (B) tropical dry forest of Caatinga; from Szyja et al.], agricultural land [(C) Florida citrus orchard; from Sorochkina et al.], coastal dunes [(D) along the Baltic Sea; from Glaser et al.], gold mine tailings [(E) Central China; from Xiao et al.], and Antarctica [(F) Maritime Antarctica; from Rybalka et al.].